Crime

Police Rescue Teenager from Suspected Kidnappers

By Web News 235

The Kebbi State Police Command has arrested two suspected kidnappers and rescued a 14-year-old boy unhurt during a joint security operation in Ka’oje, Bagudo Local Government Area of the state.

The suspects, identified as Aliyu Alhaji Shehu (alias Altine), 25, and Abubakar Umar (alias Bube), both from Orda village in Bagudo LGA, were apprehended following a gun battle between police operatives and the kidnappers in Sada forest.

According to a statement issued on Sunday by the Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Nafi’u Abubakar, the operation followed a report that a gang of five armed men had, on October 18, invaded the home of one Alhaji Buda Sambo, abducting his 14-year-old son, Aliyu Buda, and whisking him away to an unknown destination.

“Acting on credible intelligence, the Divisional Police Officer, Ka’oje, mobilised a combined team of policemen and local vigilantes who pursued the hoodlums into Sada forest and engaged them in a fierce gun duel.
“As a result of the superior firepower of the team, the kidnappers fled into the forest with suspected gunshot wounds,” the statement partly read.
The police said the kidnapped boy was later rescued unhurt and reunited with his family after receiving medical attention.

During a search operation, a locally made revolver and one live ammunition were recovered from the residence of one of the suspects.

Preliminary investigations revealed that the arrested suspects and their fleeing accomplices identified as Dogo, Magaji, Bande, and Janyo, all from Bagudo and Orda villages were responsible for multiple kidnapping incidents, including the abduction of a 70-year-old man, Alhaji Alti, on October 28.

The Commissioner of Police, CP Bello Sani, commended the Ka’oje Divisional Police Officer and his team for their professionalism and swift response.

He urged them to sustain the synergy with local vigilantes to combat kidnapping and other violent crimes in the area.

The commissioner further directed that the case be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) in Birnin Kebbi for further investigation and efforts to track down the fleeing suspects.

He appealed to residents to remain calm, vigilant, and continue to support security agencies with credible information to aid ongoing operations.

Punch / Titilayo Kupoliyi

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Politics

Guber Election: INEC Postpones Collation in Adamawa, Declares Kebbi Election Inconclusive

By Web News 466

The Independent National Electoral Commission has postponed the collation of Adamawa governorship election results from Local Government Areas till noon.

State Collation Officer, Prof. Mohammed Mele, and Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr Yakubu Ari, disclosed this on Monday, after the collation of results from 20 out of the 21 LGAs.

They noted that the exercise was postponed to enable verification of results from Fufore Local Government Area which were snatched.

Shortly before the shift, agents of both the Peoples’ Democratic Party and All Progressives Congress had urged INEC to ensure justice in the collation of the results before the declaration.

According to reports security agencies were also deployed to major roads in the state capital, following a protest by some political thugs in the metropolis after the adjournment.

Also,

Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday declared the governorship election in Kebbi as “inconclusive”.

The election was keenly contested by the two giant political parties, the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party.

Collation and Returning Officer of the election, Prof. Yusuf Sa’idu of the Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto, announced the position at the collation centre situated at INEC headquarters in Birnin Kebbi.

Prof. Sa’idu said there were cancellations in 20 of the 21 local government areas of Kebbi State cutting across a number of Registration areas in different polling units.

Sa’idu said: “We aggregated the total number of collected PVCs in those polling units and it came to a total of 91,829.

And when we checked the results, the two leading political parties in this contest, APC and PDP polled 388,258 and 342,980 votes respectively. When we look at the difference, it stands at 45,278.”

He noted that they had no option but to refer to the electoral laws on page 31 of the Electoral Act 2022, section 51 sub-sections 2 and 3 for guidance.

According to him, the law read, “Where the number of votes cast in an election in any polling unit exceeds the number of accredited voters in that polling unit, the presiding officer shall cancel the result of the election in that polling unit.

“Sub-section three of section 51 also states that where the result of an election is cancelled in accordance with subsection two, there shall be no return for the election until another poll has taken place in the affected polling unit.

“By virtue of these provisions and the powers vested in me as the collation and returning officer of the 2023 gubernatorial election in Kebbi State, I, Prof. Yusuf Sa’idu of the Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto, hereby declare the governorship election in Kebbi State inconclusive.”

Meanwhile,

The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced the candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Yusuf Abba Kabir, as the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in the state.

The declaration was made in the early hours of Monday amid growing tension in the state.

According to the results declared by the Returning Officer for the Kano State Governorship election, Professor Ahmed Ibrahim, the NNPP candidate polled 1,019,602 votes to defeat his closest rival, Nasiru Gawuna of the All Progressives Congress, who polled 890,705 votes.

Below are the results as announced by the Returning Officer:

Total number of registered voters – 5,921,370

Total number of accredited voters – 2,032,955

Total number of valid votes – 1,977,872

Total number of rejected votes – 27,092

Total votes cast – 2,004,964

In the meantime, owing to the growing tension in the state, a dawn-to-dusk curfew had been declared by the state government to forestall the breakdown of law and order.

Punch/Adebukola Aluko /Oluwayemisi Owonikoko

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Security

Kebbi Gov. Warns Social Media Influencers on Dangers of Fake News

By Web News 989

Social Media influencers in Oyo state and Nigeria should desist from fanning the ember of discord that could ignite crisis and disunity in the country.

Kebbi State  Governor, Abubakar Bagudu stated this in Shasha Ibadan as the leader of Nigeria Governors’ forum delegation to Oyo state following the clashes which occurred between indigenes and settlers in the market resulting in loss of lives and properties.

The delegation which earlier held a meeting behind closed doors with governor Seyi Makinde over the incident also paid an on the spot assessment to Sasa market and the palace of Serkin Sasa and baale of the Sasa community.

Other governors on the team are Abdullahi Ganduje Kano, Bello Matawalle, Zamfara, and Abubakar Bello, Niger state.

The team which include Deputy Inspector General of Police Zone 11, security heads in Oyo State, Special Adviser to Governor Makinde on Security,Fatai Owoseni,chairman Advisory Council, Sen Hosea Agboola, and former speaker,Senator Monsurat Sumonu were received warmly at the palace of Serkin Sasa.

Radio Nigeria observed that there was heavy presence of security in strategic places within and outside the market with aerial survellance by the Nigeria police force.

Speaking on behalf of NGF at the palace of Serkin Sasa and the house of Baale, the leader of the delegation and the Kebbi state governor, Atiku Bagudu said the unfortunate incident was against the reality of the country’s nationhood .

Governor Bagudu while admonishing the warring factions to sheat their sword pledged the readiness of the Nigeria Governor’s forum to support governor Makinde in bringing succour to the victims of the ugly incident.

On his part, Governor Seyi Makinde gave an assurance that his government would ensure that justice is served on all the victims of the crisis that erupted between Hausa and Yoruba residents of Sasa Market of Akinyele Local Government, Ibadan.

Governor Makinde equally stressed that government would not relent in exploring all avenues in ensuring peaceful coexistence of people in the state.

Earlier, the Chairman Council of Arewa and the Serkin Sasa, Alhaji Haruna Maiyasin who spoke in Hausa sued for peace attributing the crisis to misunderstanding between the ethnic groups in the market. 

The baale of Sasa Community, Chief Akinade Ajani said the hausa community have always be a good neighour pointing out that unscrupulous element were behind the incident.

In an interview with Special Adviser to the governor on Security Matters, former commissioner of police RTD, Fatai Owoseni said with the level of deliberation and understanding that ensued thereafter, and the peace talk with youths from both sides, it was hopeful that peace and unity would reign in Sasa henceforth.

Iyabo Adebisi

Iyabo Adebisi