Category: Security

According to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), terrorists have killed 14,500 people in the West African region over the course of four and a half years.

5.5 million people have been displaced by the insecurity in the area, according to Jean-Claude Brou, the outgoing President of the ECOWAS Commission.

On Wednesday in Abuja, during the transfer of authority to the new leadership of the Commission under the direction of President Omar Touray, Brou, who will fill the position of Governor of the West African Bank, spoke.

“First of all, the worsening security situation has wreaked havoc not only in the Sahel region, affecting Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and the North-East of Nigeria, but it soon expanded to the coastal zone, hitting Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, and Togo,” he said.

With nearly 14,500 deaths in four and a half years due to terrorist attacks and bandit hordes, these countries have been in mourning. As a result, the rural population has been forced to flee their homes in search of safety.

This brings the total number of refugees and internally displaced people in our region to about 5.5 million, all of whom require humanitarian aid.

He claimed that the commission has reached out to many of them as well as those who have been affected by natural disasters in order to offer assistance.

He claims that the regional action plan put in place to fight terrorism in the area has been carried out.

For the plan to produce the desired results, according to Brou, it needed continued commitment from member states, as well as financial support.

The development and implementation of a regional action plan to combat terrorism in West Africa. To yield the anticipated results in the medium to long term, it will require ongoing commitment, including financial support from member states, the official said.

On Saturday, Ayeni Oluyemi, an educational consultant who accused a Lagos State Customary Court judge of snatching his wife in a viral video, said the matter had been resolved.

Oluyemi described in the video how he attempted to resolve his marital dispute through the customary court.

He claimed that the presiding judge later impregnated his wife and restricted his access to his children.

Ayeni, who was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence, appealed to Nigerians to help him.
In response to the video, the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency stated that the matter was investigated by the Lagos State Judicial Service Commission.

Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, the agency’s Executive Secretary, revealed in a statement that the panel’s findings led to the termination of the judge’s appointment.
Ayeni, who spoke on Saturday, said he recorded the video in 2015 and that he no longer had issues with his ex-wife or the former judge.

“I went to the judge to resolve an issue thinking it could be resolved through alternative dispute resolution,” he explained, “but the man dissolved my marriage and wanted to send me to jail on a false charge of assault.”

“I took the matter up with the help of the media, which published my case in March 2016.” I wrote a letter to the Lagos State Judiciary Committee, a panel was formed, and the man was dismissed. The issue was resolved, and I thank the Lagos State Government for their prompt action. The video in circulation is old, and I recorded it when I needed assistance.”

Ayeni stated that he obtained custody of his three children after another court ruled that his former wife could not care for the children.

“The court ruled that because the judge who married my former wife was a polygamist with five wives and 22 children, it was not advisable for the children to remain with him.” So the judge asked my new wife to swear to an affidavit that she would take custody of and care for the children. My children have been living with me for the past seven years. Last year, another former judge passed away. As a result, people should allow the dead to rest. “The video in circulation is old,” he added.

In the Department of State Services (DSS) facility, Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), is allegedly the target of a terrorist plot, according to IPOB.

In order to achieve this, Kanu should, according to IPOB, be relocated to a prison complex in the Southeast of the nation.

According to IPOB spokesman Emma Powerful, Kanu should be moved to a prison in the Southeast for his protection.

Powerful issued the following statement, in part: “We want everyone to understand that the Fulani agenda to Fulaniize Nigeria will soon become a reality. The Fulani are working closely with the DSS on every aspect of their well-planned attack on our leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who is being held in custody.

The Fulanis’ evil plot against our leader was discovered by our intelligence unit. Because of this, we demand that our leader Kanu be immediately moved to an Eastern prison for his safety because, in the event that anything were to happen to him, Nigeria would experience complete and utter madness, and there would never be peace there.

Furthermore, according to Powerful, terrorists planned the assault on President Muhammadu Buhari to raise money for the purchase of weapons.

“What happened in Katsina with regard to the alleged attack on Buhari is an organised attack by Buhari and Fulani to raise more money to purchase and acquire arms which they will use to prosecute their planned jihad to conquer every part of Nigeria but Biafraland will be their waterloo because we are Umuchineke,” Buhari said.

How can bandits and terrorists be terrorising the North, allegedly attacking the president’s convoy, and breaking into prison yards to free their fellow inmates while the Buhari and Fulani governments have deployed and are still deploying battalions of soldiers to occupy numerous peaceful communities in Biafraland? The Nigerian government’s agenda of islamizing and fulani-izing the country must be closely monitored by the international community, Powerful continued.

The Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje in Abuja was attacked by terrorists on Tuesday night, and President Muhammadu Buhari expressed disappointment with the intelligence system’s performance and application there.

On Wednesday, when President Buhari visited the prison for an assessment tour following the attack, he spoke with journalists and expressed his emotions, according to a tweet posted on the president’s official Twitter account.

President Muhammadu Buhari’s words
In a tweet, President Buhari wrote, “Saddened by the attack on the Medium Security Custodial Center, Kuje. The intelligence apparatus has let me down. How are terrorists able to plan an attack on a security installation, obtain weapons, and escape punishment? On this shocking incident, I am anticipating a thorough report.
Dr. Shuaib Belgore, the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Interior, and Haliru Nababa, the Controller General of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), briefed the President about the attack not long after he arrived at the facility.

Both men informed President Buhari that the invaders then attacked all cells housing Boko Haram terrorists after showing him the bombed-out section and the records office, both of which were set on fire.

Buhari was informed that after the terrorist attack, none of the approximately 64 Boko Haram terrorists had been located.

The security forces have detained 350 of the escapees, while about 450 others are still missing. The President was also informed that quick action was being taken to detain them.

According to Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, President Buhari, like most Nigerians, was astounded by the scope and audacity of the attack.

How did the prison’s defences fail to stop the attack, the president reportedly questioned? How many prisoners were there in the prison? What percentage of them can you identify?

“How many staff members were on duty? How many of them had weapons on them? On the watchtower, were there any guards? How did they behave? Is the CCTV operational?

The President, who was present along with Boss Mustapha, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, and Professor Ibrahim Gambari, his Chief of Staff, said he was anticipating “a comprehensive report” on the incident at the conclusion of the visit.

If you somehow missed it
Recall that the Medium Security Custodial in Kuje had been attacked on Tuesday night, according to the Nigerian Correctional Service.
It was reported that the Department of Security Service (DSS) had warned the authorities of an impending attack on Kuje prison a few hours prior to the attack.
Bashir Magaji, the defence minister, previously revealed that all 64 Boko Haram terrorists held at the Kuje prison had escaped during the Tuesday night shooting by unidentified gunmen.

Gusau — Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle has signed an anti-banditry and other related offences bill into law, imposing the death penalty on convicted bandits and other related criminals in the state.

The law, which takes immediate effect, was signed into law on Tuesday, June 28, 2022.

Matawalle said that the law was part of a plan to stop banditry, kidnapping, and cattle rustling in Zamfara after he signed it.

On Monday, the state legislature passed a law for Prohibition and Punishment for Banditry, Cattle Rustling, Cultism, Kidnapping, and Other Incidental Offenses, 2022.

“Today, we have signed the bill on Prohibition and Punishment for Banditry, Cattle Rustling, Cultism, Kidnapping, and Other Incidental Offenses, 2022,” he said.

As part of our anti-banditry initiatives, you may recall that I inaugurated four security-related committees on Monday. The formation of the committees is intended to ensure the effective implementation of the security measures being taken to end the decades-long banditry and other security-related challenges.

The governor recalled that he had previously signed Executive Orders 7, 8, 9, and 10 that provided the legal instruments and operational guidelines for the committees, emphasising that “the most fundamental focus of governance anywhere in the world is security.” Under my leadership, Zamfara State will continue to look into all possible solutions to our plight.

“Those making insinuations about our decision to support the right of community members to self-defense against ruthless attacks by bandits should consider the magnitude of the problem we face.” They must consider the plight of the innocent people who are maimed, killed, and kidnapped on a daily basis throughout the state. ”

The governor compared the state Community Protection Guards to the Civilian Joint Taskforce, JTF, in Borno and Amotekun in the southwest sub-region, saying, “Our move is particularly significant given that there is currently no part of the country that is not facing some form of insecurity.”

“Our conventional security forces are operating in various theatres ranging from southeast to southwest, northeast to north-central, heroically battling varying degrees of security challenges.” They are not only overstretched but also lack adequate modern equipment to effectively prosecute counter-banditry and insurgency warfare. “