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Herdsmen Kidnap Former Divisional Police Officer In Edo State, Demand N25m Ransom

Herdsmen Kidnap Former Divisional Police Officer In Edo State, Demand N25m Ransom

Follow @NigeriaPI A former Divisional Police Officer (DPO) and Superintendent, James Omafuaire, has been kidnapped along with his wife and a customer at his Ikpeshi quarry site in Akoko Edo Local Government Area, Edo State. The retired police officer is an octogenarian and a native of Akperhe-Olomu in Ughelli South LGA of the state. His younger brother, Akpokona Omafuaire, is a senior photojournalist at Vanguard Newspaper. Mr. Omafuaire was kidnapped along with his wife, Victoria Omafuaire, and a customer at the site, but his wife was released shortly after her kidnapping. Our correspondent gathered that the kidnappers have established contact with the victim’s son, Charles Omafuaire, and have demanded a ransom of N25 million. Confirming the N25 million ransom, a family member of the victim, Christy Omafuaire Atie, said “Pa James Omafuaire was supervising his workers at his quarry site in Ikpeshi near Auchi when the Fulani herdsmen with guns kidnapped him, his wife and a customer.” She said that the kidnapping has caused severe panic in the family and she urged the police to rescue her father or to appeal to the kidnappers to lower their ransom demand. Source: Sahara...
Police arrest man with 88 bundles of fake dollars

Police arrest man with 88 bundles of fake dollars

Follow @NigeriaPI The Niger State Police Command on Monday arrested one Abubakar Suleiman with 88 bundles of fake dollars, the News Agency of Nigeria reported. The command’s spokesman, SP Abigael Unaeze, while parading the suspect before newsmen in Minna, said Suleiman and three others at large conspired and took his father-in-law to an unknown place in Kogi State under the pretext of curing him of his sickness. The spokesperson said the suspect, who was arrested with a bag containing 88 bundles of fake dollar notes, confessed to the crime. She said that the command had commenced an intensive investigation into the matter. In a related development, Unaeze said the command had arrested six suspects with 86 wraps of dried leaves suspected to be marijuana, 11 Diazepam packs, one packet of big bond and a box of matches. According to her, detectives attached to the command also recovered one AK47 rifle with 25 rounds of 7.62 ×39mm live ammunition abandoned by a gang of armed robbers. She added that this followed a distress call that robbers numbering five were operating in the residence of one Dr. Amandi Akorbumdu of Bosso area of the state. Unaeze explained that the police detectives attached to the Bosso division swung into action and gave them a chase; as a result, the robbers fled and abandoned the items. The police spokesperson said that all the suspects would be charged to court after investigation. She appealed to the members of the public to assist the command by providing useful information about the movement of criminals to the nearest security office for prompt...
I crawled like a snake to escaped death in hands of Fulani herdsmen – Bishop Ojo

I crawled like a snake to escaped death in hands of Fulani herdsmen – Bishop Ojo

Follow @NigeriaPI A popular Bishop of the African Church, Rt. Revd. Samuel Ojo, yesterday narrated how he escaped abduction by the whiskers. He also lamented the killing of his Chaplain, Revd. David Ayeola, by suspected kidnappers in Ekiti State. It was reported that Ayeola was kidnapped by gunmen while travelling with the bishop, his wife and the driver. The police were attempting to rescue the 26-year-old cleric when he was shot dead by the gunmen, who immediately fled the scene. The kidnappers had demanded N100m ransom, but the church offered N500,000. Recounting the attack that led to the capture of Ayeola, he said, “My in-law, an indigene of Ayegbaju Ekiti, had died and my wife, the chaplain, as well as my driver followed me to the village last Tuesday in preparation for the burial. “We went to my hometown in Imojo Ekiti. Around 6pm, we left the village to return to Ayegbaju, venue of the burial. However, when we got to a place between Imojo and Oye Ekiti, some masked gunmen emerged from the bush, blocked the road and started shooting continuously. “Our driver attempted to turn back, but he discovered that members of the gang were also coming from the back. He suddenly drove into the forest. Myself, my wife, the reverend, and the driver ran into the bush. I told them to run for their lives and we fled in different directions. I crawled in the forest like a snake for hours.” He explained that he and his wife, together with the driver, later emerged in another town at different times, from where they informed villagers and...
Fresh Crisis looms in Nigeria’s health sector as doctors threaten mass ‘sabbatical

Fresh Crisis looms in Nigeria’s health sector as doctors threaten mass ‘sabbatical

Follow @NigeriaPI Nigerian doctors have threatened to go on mass ‘sabbatical’ if the federal government accedes to the demand of other health sector workers. In what is clearly a continuation of the rivalry between doctors and other health workers, the doctors, under the banner of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, described the association of other health workers, JOHESU, as an ‘illegal body.’ The NMA declared its opposition to many of the demands made by JOHESU, describing them as unacceptable. The members of JOHESU are hospital workers apart from medical doctors and dentists. The NMA Chairman, Mike Ogirima, while addressing a news conference in Ilorin on Monday to mark the 2017 Physician Week, warned that doctors “will be compelled to take a sabbatical, if JOHESU does not contain its radicalism.” “Government should not allow itself to be intimidated by illegal bodies like JOHESU in the health sector; we expect each professional to stick to the ethics of their profession,” he said. The chairman also alleged that doctors are now endangered species in the communities and traditional hospital environment. “The value for money and hospitals titles have made the members of JOHESU to set up fellowship colleges with the aim of bearing the title of consultants,’’ he said. JOHESU embarked on a nationwide strike on September 20 to protest among other issues, salaries adjustments, promotion arrears, and improved work environment for its members. In compliance with the declaration of an indefinite strike by JOHESU, the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, NANNM directed its members to stay away from all federal health institutions across the country. On the 9th day...
Former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode ‘Constantly’ Breaching Airport Security Procedures – Sources

Former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode ‘Constantly’ Breaching Airport Security Procedures – Sources

Follow @NigeriaPI Local former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, treats Nigeria’s airport security rules and procedures with disdain. Airline and airport sources told our correspondent that he habitually violates the procedures, particularly at airport security checkpoints in Lagos. Several concerned passengers also observated three separate trips between March and September this year when Mr. Fani-Kayode refused to submit himself for the routine security body check after he had triggered off metal detectors. They separately gave the dates of her observation as March 10, June 16 and September 16, affirming that the former Minister always offered security officials the same primitive and arrogant excuse that he was a former minister of aviation and as such could not submit to a search. On those occasions, she said, he was let through, unsearched, despite the groaning of other passengers. Airline and airport sources said Mr. Fani-Kayode has behaved in this manner for a long time. During our investigation, it was discovered that in April 2006, before he became a Minister, he was stopped from traveling by one Mr. Okuyiga who was at the time the Airport Manager of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport for refusing to submit himself to a security check. When Mr. Fani-Kayode became the Minister of Aviation two months later, we learned, he made his first task at that airport the redeployment of Mr. Okuyiga, leading to the resignation of the Airport Manager. One airline official who spoke anonymously claimed he has observed Hadi Sirika, the current Minister of Aviation, submit himself to the same screening several times and cannot understand why security officials cannot insist that Mr. Fani-Kayode...
Ondo State Police Rearrest Armed Robber

Ondo State Police Rearrest Armed Robber

Follow @NigeriaPI Ondo State police rearrested an armed robber awaiting trial, Kola Ogunbiyi, for committing a fresh robbery. Mr. Ogunbiyi was apprehended after robbing an Ondo State police inspector of his vehicle at gunpoint in Akure. The 35-year-old robber also robbed residents on the popular Mother and Child Hospital Road in the state. The culprit was apprehended alongside Oluwafemi Ayodeji by operatives from the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Akure. Police sources told our correspondent that the duo were in a robbery gang that terrorized the people of Ondo and Ekiti states. They were paraded alongside twelve robbery suspects before journalists at the police headquarters on Igbatoro Road in Akure on Monday afternoon. Mr. Ogunbiyi, popularly called “Oloye,” had been committing crimes with his gang while awaiting trial in Ogbomoso. The Ondo State Police Command spokesperson, Femi Joseph, said that well-coordinated intelligence gathering operations led the police to Mr. Ogunbiyi and other criminals. He explained that the arrests were part of an ongoing onslaught to tackle crime in the state. According to him, the culprits were part of a five-man armed robbery gang who had been on the watchlist of the police. “The hoodlums confessed to the crime during our police investigation, and one AK-47 rifle was recovered from them along with a red motorcycle. “Now that the deviants have met their Waterloo, we shall charge them to court after all investigations have been concluded,” Mr. Joseph said. He vowed that there would no longer be any hiding places for criminals in Ondo State. During an interview with journalists, Mr. Ogunbiyi confessed to the crime for which he was...