09042021- Insecurity: Tension mounts in Imo, Abia, Rivers

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26 —Vanguard, FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2021 Continues from Page 5 justice was allowed to reign and poverty stamped out, the workload on the military and the Police would yield little or no results. His words: “The security situation in Imo State, the security situation in Nigeria as a whole, the security situation in all nooks and crannies of our society is not palatable. We are passing through a very difficult moment in the history of our nation. “The recent attack on the Police headquarters and the Correctional Centre in Imo State, the unending herdsmen crises, the banditry, the unending Boko Haram, and kidnapping are all products of poverty and injustice and I think time has come for us, political leaders, to tell ourselves the truth and address this ugly situation and help our men and women of the armed forces and the police who are currently fighting the symptoms and not the disease of poverty and injustice. “What I will ask Imo State government to do is: the location of the prison and the Police headquarters is wrong. I had built the best prison or Correctional centre command, I built the best police command in the Federal Republic of Nigeria but they left them to waste; they are not being used. “If people were there, these people wouldn’t have had that kind of access. It has a large expanse of land, staff quarters, the capacity for inmates there is 3,200 as against where they are now, which has about 1,200 and they squeeze 10 inmates in a place. “My message to him is that he should face the challenge of leadership and consultation at this time. It is very important because if the governor consulted me and said how did you handle IPOB during your time that there was peace in Imo State, how did you handle the issue of kidnapping, how did you handle the issue of agitators? I would have told him. “During my time, we collected more than 100 AK- 47 rifles from the youths who came for exchange willingly, just by talking to them. We must always Naira appreciates to N409.65/$ in I&E window By Elizabeth Adegbesan The naira yesterday appreciated to N409.65 kobo per dollar in the Investors and Exporters (I&E) window. Data from FMDQ showed that the indicative exchange rate for the naira dropped by N1.35 kobo to N409.65 kobo per dollar from N411 per dollar on Wednesday, translating to 50 kobo appreciation for the naira. The volume of dollars (turnover) traded in the window yesterday rose by 691 percent to $93.69 million from $11.85 million on Wednesday. vanguardnews @vanguardnews @vanguardnews Insecurity: Tension mounts in Imo, Abia, Rivers understand that these children are our children. “We are overloading the military and the police in trying to help the situation when we have not tackled the issues of injustices in this country and the issues of poverty. “As long as these continue in the form and shape it is going on, and as long as young men wake up in the morning and there is no job and poverty is ravaging the system, there is little or nothing the armed forces can do because it is a growing thing. The young men are coming out of schools, they are not getting jobs, we must address that.” ‘DSS alerted Police, Uzodimma, one week before Imo attacks’ Meantime, Dennis Amachree, former assistant director of the Department of State Services, DSS, said yesterday that the agency informed the police and Governor Uzodinma of an impending attack on the police command and prison facility a week before the incident. On Monday, gunmen attacked the federal prison and police command headquarters in Owerri and freed 1,844 inmates. Again on Tuesday, gunmen attacked another police station located in Ehime Mbano LGA in the state. Speaking when he featured on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme, Amachree said there was “enough actionable intelligence” gathered by the DSS before Monday’s attacks but the police and the governor did not execute it. “You know in our lackadaisical way, when intelligence come they throw it by the side and then when something happens, everybody runs around.” Amachree said the police are the “actioning party” that should have taken steps on the security intelligence, adding that Mohammed Adamu, former Inspector-General of Police, did not get his facts right before alleging that the masterminds of the attacks were members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Amachree not speaking for DSS – Imo govt Countering the former DSS chief, Imo State Government said Amacheree was not speaking for the DSS. In a statement, the I n f o r m a t y i o n Commissioner, Declan Emelumba, said any official statement from DSS, should come from the current director of DSS and not from an individual speaking for himself. “The ex-director of DSS is certainly not in position to speak for DSS, he is not in service. If there is anybody who can make that statement it is the current director of DSS. We have not heard from DSS.” Asked if there was any such alert, he said: “As far as we are concerned, there is no such letter or alert. The man is speaking for himself and not DSS.” Imo monarch, chiefs kidnapped after attending traditional wedding There was palpable fear in Imo State on Wednesday night after gunmen kidnapped the traditional ruler of Umueze Nguru in Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of the state, Eze Charles Iroegbu. The gunmen also kidnapped the cabinet chiefs of the kingdom who accompanied the monarch to a public function in the state. The respected monarch, who is owner and chief executive officer of All States Mass Transit, and his cabinet chiefs were kidnapped after attending a traditional wedding in Mbano. They were in three vehicles and were heading back to the kingdom when the gun-wielding men waylaid them and diverted their movement, Vanguard learned, yesterday. The development has caused panic in the community. “His Highness and his cabinet chiefs were on their way back from a traditional wedding ceremony in Mbano when they were kidnapped. This is unbelievable and there is fear and panic everywhere,” a community source said and expressed worry that the kidnappers had not established communication since they struck. Contacted, the police spokesperson in the state, Orlando Ikeokwu, said he could not confirm the abduction. Tension in Aba over shooting around police station As the waves of insecurity spread, there was tension in Aba, the commercial capital of Abia State, following reported sporadic shooting by police personnel around Azikiwe Road and Jubilee Road. Policemen barricaded all roads leading to the Correctional Centre and the Police Area Command in the city. Vanguard gathered that there was heavy shooting at the Aba Area Command and another at Bata junction. Residents of the adjoining roads to the two facilities have been barred from leaving their houses, while shop owners were forced to leave the area. Barricades guarded by the Police were observed at Okwu na Uka street, Pound and Hospital roads as well as the area near the Aba General Hospital. A police source told Vanguard that the barricades were not unusual, considering the recent attacks on police formations in the South- East zone. According to eyewitness account, trouble started around 8:am when a team of armed police men stormed the vicinity and started shooting into the air. It was not yet clear if there were any human casualties. An eyewitness, simply identified as Longinus, a tricycle operator, said he parked his keke ( tricycle) and was eating in a restaurant when a team of policemen stormed the area and started shooting. According to him, people scampered for safety amid the raging gunfire. He said that on his return to the scene after the shooting, he discovered that people’s vehicles, including his keke, had been destroyed by the police for yet to be explained reasons. The tricycle operator claimed that the invading police team also took away his keke to an unknown destination. His words: “We were here and suddenly a team of policemen came to this place and started shooting. People ran away for safety. I was eating at a nearby restaurant. “Everybody ran for safety as they threw teargas. We thought it was over, until they went and reinforced, came back and started destroying peoples vehicles. My keke was destroyed and they took it to their station.” He said the action of the police was unprovoked as residents around the area had no knowledge of what might have led to the act. Another version had it that police personnel went on rampage, smashing windscreens of vehicles and destroying people’s property claiming to be searching for members of the IPOB; and the personnel of Eastern Security Network, ESN. The incident happened shortly after a reported sporadic shooting around Aba Area Command. Police were said to have cordoned off all roads leading to the scene and subjected passersby to thorough security checks. Following the gunshots, traders and people around the vicinity scampered for safety, while shops around Hospital Road by CPS, and Jubilee Road were shut down in the ensuing confusion. Contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Geoffrey Ogbonna, said a team of policemen went for arrest at Ama Ogbonna, Aba when the operatives came under attack. He said they later called for reinforcement before the situation was brought under control. incident. “Meanwhile, necessary measures have been taken to protect the pupils and staff of the school with security sweeps ongoing, while the school is temporarily closed. “Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has directed security agencies to embark on proactive checks in other vulnerable locations out of abundance of caution. “While we are grateful to God that there is no harm to life or property, we urge citizens and residents to continue to maintain vigilance and report suspicious situations to security agents.” Three feared killed as cultists clash in Port Harcourt In Rivers, three people were feared dead at old Port Harcourt township area of Port Harcourt City Local Government Area of Rivers State as cultists clashed in in a supremacy battle over who controls the area. The development has thrown residents of Bende, Victoria and Bagham streets into palpable fear. A source, who witnessed the deadly clash, said it started around 8:00pm, adding that one Dike, and Biggy were among the people feared killed. The source said: “Yesterday, around 8:00pm, we heard gunshots. When we came out later at Bagham Junction, we saw one person that was shot in the chest, dead. “I couldn’t identify him because it was dark. I also heard that one person called Biggy, was shot at Victoria Street and a business man called Dike was also shot. I don’t know if the business man died.” He lamented that cultists terrorising the area move uninterrupted with guns in search of their targets, and urged the security operatives to be proactive NEWS HOTLINES 018773962, 08052867058 in their duties. The source said: “The truth is that these cultists come for their target. Some times, we see them pass with guns. Some time it’s stray bullet that pick some persons. Our concern is that security should be proactive. They pay attention more to other issues than human lives.” Confirming the development, the Public Relations Officer of the State Police Command, SP. Nnamdi Omoni, said the number of casualties could not be ascertained at press time. Omoni disclosed that shooting was following a cult war, adding that police had restored calm in the area. “I can confirm that there was cult clash yesterday at the town axis of Port Harcourt. Two rival cult groups engaged themselves in a senseless war of supremacy. “On getting the distress call, we mobilised and we chased them and we were able to recover one of their pistols. The manhunt for the cultists continues. “So far we have no case of reported casualty. The Commissioner of Police has declared war against the criminals.” Gunmen kidnap LG boss in Rivers In a related development, unidentified gunmen abducted the chairman of Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers State, Mr. Philemon Kingoli in the early hours of Wednesday along the Peter Odili Road in Port Harcourt City Local Government Area of the state. This came a few weeks after gunmen abducted the traditional ruler of Ikuru town, HRM King Aaron Miller, in Andoni Local Government Area of the State as well as a senior lecturer at the Department of Linguistics and Communications Studies, Dr. Jones Ayouwo. However, the duo have regained freedom, with a trending video from the monarch’s kidnappers calling on politicians and royal fathers to enthrone peace in Andoni. At press time, reason for abduction of the LG council chairman is yet to be known as the gunmen have not established contact with relatives of victim. Meanwhile, the State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Nnamdi Omoni, who confirmed the kidnap of Kingoli, said the command is making efforts to secure unconditional release of the LG boss
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