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Bauchi CP, Commissioner Risk Jail Term Over Abduction Allegations

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The Bauchi State High Court has ordered a serving Commissioner for water resources, Abdulrazak Zaki and the Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Auwal, to explain why the court should not commit them to prison for violating its orders.

The presiding judge, Justice Mukhtar Abubakar, in a ruling dated January 24, 2025, whose Certified True Copy was obtained by our correspondent on Friday, warned the duo against disobeying the court.

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He declared, “Take notice that unless you obey the direction contained in the order of this honourable court holden at Bauchi, you will be guilty of contempt, and you will be liable to be committed to prison”.

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In the suit number dated BA/1189/2023, the plaintiff, Iklima Soro, accused the Commissioner of Police before the court of using policemen to harass and intimidate against the order of the court.

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Abdulrazak Nuhu is accused of hiring “Sara suka” thugs to invade the house of his ex-wife, Ikilima Manu Soro, two months ago despite the state high court ruling mandating parties to maintain the status quo until the final determination of the case subsisting before the Sharia court.

The couple, who separated when the wife was 7 months pregnant, has been contesting the custodial right of their daughter.

READ ALSO: Court Remands Son For Hacking Father To Death

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Abdulrazak Nuhu is further accused by his ex-wife of intercepting the Madinah school bus on the morning of 20th January 2025, waylaying the driver of the bus and school nanny to forcefully abduct an 8-year old school girl, Zainab, using a covered plate number car alongside two masked security agents.

The abduction incident that occurred within the GRA area of Bauchi left other school pupils on the bus traumatised.

Two weeks after the abduction, the little girl has yet to resume her school, and her whereabouts are unknown to her mother.

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Furious that its order had been violated, the court accused the two defendants of court contempt.

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Gateman Arrested For Allegedly Defiling Four-year-old Pupil In Oyo

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A 26-year-old gateman identified as Josiah Ayomide has been arrested for allegedly defiling a four-year-old pupil in one of the schools in Ibadan, Oyo State.

The suspect was paraded alongside other suspects arrested for offences ranging from theft, banditry, rape, and other crimes at the Oyo State Police Command, Eleyele, Ibadan, on Thursday.

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In his briefing, the Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Adewale Osifeso, said the suspect was nabbed after the victim complained of severe vaginal pains to her parents at home.

Osifeso added that after a thorough investigation and probe, the suspect confessed to the crime.

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The police spokesman said the victim later told her mother that her school gateman had unlawfully raped her while she was in the school.

According to the report, “The victim was taken to the Police Medical Clinic, Eleyele-Ibadan, for medical examination and treatment, and the medical report revealed that the hymen was not intact, with tenderness around the vulva and vagina and bruises.”

Osifeso said the suspect would be prosecuted upon completion of the investigation.

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Panic As Fire Guts Fuel Station In Ikorodu

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There was pandemonium on Friday when fire gutted A1 Petroleum Filling Station, an independent oil dealer located on Isawo Road, off Agric Bus Stop in Ikorodu, Lagos.

As of 1 p.m., the extent of property destroyed and possible casualties had not been confirmed. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

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Men of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, supported by other emergency responders, were at the scene battling to contain the inferno, which reportedly began from a diesel-laden truck within the premises.

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DSS Charges Top Ansaru Leaders Over Terrorism, Kuje Prison Break Roles

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The Department of State Services (DSS) has brought terrorism charges against two senior commanders of Ansaru, an Al-Qaeda-linked terror group, over their alleged role in violent attacks across Nigeria.

The suspects are Mahmud Usman, also known as Abu Bara’a/Abbas/Mukhtar, who is described as the Emir of Ansaru, and his deputy Mahmud al-Nigeri, also called Malam Mamuda. They were recently captured during security operations.

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According to the DSS, the charges against them include leading a terrorist organisation, funding its activities, recruiting members, and planning violent operations nationwide.

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Their arraignment at the Federal High Court in Abuja is expected soon.

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Nuhu Ribadu, the national security adviser (NSA), said the two men were behind the July 2022 Kuje prison attack, where more than 600 inmates, including Boko Haram suspects, escaped.

Ribadu explained: “Abu Bara was the coordinator of terrorist sleeper cells across Nigeria and the mastermind of several high-profile kidnappings and armed robberies used to finance terrorism.”

READ ALSO:FG Captures Two Ansaru Terrorist Leaders

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On Mamuda, Ribadu revealed that he trained in Libya between 2013 and 2015 under foreign jihadists from Egypt, Tunisia, and Algeria, specialising in handling weapons and making explosive devices.

The NSA also linked the suspects to the 2013 abduction of French engineer Francis Collomp in Katsina, the 2019 kidnapping of Musa Uba, Magajin Garin Daura, and the kidnapping of the Emir of Wawa.

Ribadu described their arrest as “a turning point”, noting that the duo maintained strong networks in Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso.

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