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Bandits Abduct Two Soldiers, Yobe Govt Official

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Bandits have kidnapped two soldiers belonging to the Nigerian Army. The incident took place on Maiduguri-Damaturu highway, Goni Masari in Borno.

A top military source confirmed the incident to newsmen.

According to report, the soldiers were reportedly kidnapped while travelling to Kano in a commercial vehicle on Saturday.

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Soldiers from the 134 special forces battalion have been mobilised to the area to rescue the victims which included civilians also.

Security forces have also arrested the driver and vehicle in which the soldiers were travelling.

In a related development, Ali Shehu Mai Lalle, Yobe State Government Liaison Officer in Maiduguri, Borno State, has been reportedly kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram terrorists along Damaturu-Maiduguri highway.

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Unconfirmed reports have it that the liaison officer was allegedly abducted by suspected Boko Haram insurgents along Damaturu-Maiduguri highway, near Jakana village which is a few kilometers to Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.

Mai Lalle was reported to have left for Maiduguri last Saturday from Government House, Damaturu in his official vehicle Toyota Hilux conveying diesel for use in the liaison office due to prolonged power outage in Maiduguri metropolis.

A staff of the Yobe State Government House Protocol Unit who pleaded anonymity disclosed that, “I saw him when he was departing for Maiduguri after which, we heard that he hasn’t reached his destination.”

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It was gathered that the disappearance of Mai Lalle has thrown his family into a state of confusion and uncertainty when his mobile phone numbers were all not reachable.

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ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, Police Public Relations Officer, (PPRO), Yobe Police Command, when contacted, said that he could not get the true situation of the incident as it occurred outside his jurisdiction.

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Court Remands Tenant For Setting Landlord’s House On Fire In Ibadan

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An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan on Thursday ordered that a 35-year-old man, Dickson Peter, be remanded in a correction facility for allegedly setting his landlord’s house on fire.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the police charged the defendant with two counts of felony and arson.

The Magistrate, Mr M. Mudashiru, who did not take his plea due to lack of jurisdiction, ordered that he be remanded in the Abolongo Correctional Facility, Oyo Town.

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Mudashiru said the remand is pending legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).

He adjourned the matter until July 23, 2024, for reference.

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Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Insp. Femi Oluwadare told the court that Peter, on April 18, at about 12:30 am, was alleged to have unlawfully set fire to the house of his landlord, Cepas Okeme, and destroyed properties worth N6.5 million.

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Oluwadare said that after he set the building on fire, it also spread to the next house property belonging to Bose Ali ‘F’ and destroyed property worth N3.5 million.

He said the offence contravened the provisions of Section 443 of the Criminal Code Laws of Oyo State 2000.

 

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Officer Who Shot Man Dead During Fuel Queue Tumult Identified — Lagos Police

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The Lagos State Police Command said it has identified the police officer who shot a young man, Toheeb Eniafe, at a petrol station on Wednesday.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin disclosed this on Thursday.

He said, “The person behind the shooting has been identified as a police officer serving at Special Protection Unit (SPU) Base 17, Lion Building, Lagos.

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“Investigation is still ongoing and further findings will be made available.

“Meanwhile, the Lagos State Police Command is working with the family of the deceased to ensure that there is no miscarriage of justice.”

Recall that Eniafe was shot on Wednesday at a petrol station belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited at Obalende in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State.

Eniafe was reported to have been shot dead while he and some others were resisting the move by some security agents to buy fuel without joining the queue.

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Woman Kills One Year-old Son In Delta

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The Delta State Police Command on Thursday paraded a 24-year-old woman, Sofia Nkwo, for killing her one-year-old son.

The woman said she killed her son because she couldn’t care for the child again as the father rejected the child.

Also paraded were fake alcoholic producers, murder, kidnapping suspects, and car snatchers among others.

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Parading the suspects at the police headquarters in Asaba, the Delta State capital, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Abaniwonda Olufemi, frowned at the evil act perpetuated by the woman.

He said, “On April 28, 2024, a case of infanticide was reported at Oleh Division, that a suspect named Sofia Nkwor 24, from Isoko south LGA, dump her child of one year and four month old in a well along the road in Araya community Isoko south LGA.

“Children who went to play around the tree discovered the abandoned child floating on the well. The mother Sofia Nkwor was immediately arrested and she stated that she dumped the child on 26th April 2024.

Confessing to the crime, Nkwo, said that she killed her son because she couldn’t care for the child again as the father rejected the child.

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On the current kidnappings and killings in Ika North-East and Ika South areas of the state where farmers were being kidnapped and killed by gunmen, CP Olufemi said the command had developed personnel for the area.

“We are aware of the security situation in the Ika area of the state, and I have deployed personnel and directed Area Commander to move into the area and curb the bushes.

“The command is also working with Edo state Command because you know the area is the boundary between Delta and Edo,” he added.

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