CRIME: Notorious Bank Fraudster Arrested

Police In Lagos Arrest Prince Adekunle Johnson, Alleged To Have Defrauded Gulf Bank Of N2.5billion

Posted: Dec, 11 2013, 1:12PM

Prince Adekunle Johnson

By Saharareporters, New York

The Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigeria Police has arrested Prince Adekunle Adeyeba Johnson, a former director of Gulf Bank Plc, which is now in liquidation, for defrauding the bank of over N2.5billion.
A statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ngozi Isintume-Agu, said that Johnson, “a major shareholder and a director,” was involved in the insider abuses that led to the bank’s liquidation, as reported by the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC).
“He is suspected to be the ringleader in the collapse of Gulf Bank Plc.,” the statement said. “The fraud was characterized by manipulation of records, suppression of information, criminal concealments/misrepresentations and forgeries of public documents all leading to colossal loss of funds of the defunct bank.”
It said Johnson took advantage of his position, and using companies in which he had substantial interest in, defrauded the bank of the money.
“He did this by fraudulently structuring the credits obtained by him in such a way that their details were never disclosed to the Board of the bank,” the statement noted.
It added that prior to his arrest, Prince Johnson had avoided two invitations before he was apprehended in Yaba last Sunday.
“While SFU is making efforts to locate and invite other principal suspects, Prince Adekunle Adeyeba Johnson will be arraigned in court, soon.”  

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PROTEST: Police Brutality Against Protesting Students and Sahara Press Crew In Lagos

Nigeria Police Brutally Repress Protesting Polytechnic Students, Arrest SaharaTV Camera Crew

Posted: May, 28 2014, 10:05AM

Students being teargassed by the police

Camera of SaharaTV crew smashed by the police

By Saharareporters, New York

A team of anti-riot police brutally attacked a peaceful protest by students of Nigerian polytechnics in Lagos earlier today. The police tear-gassed and assaulted the protesters, and arrested more than 100 students and reporters, including Segun Olawoye, a citizen reporter affiliated with SaharaTV.
The arrested students accused the police of also using tear gas on them after they were herded into prison vehicles known as Black Maria.
The protesting polytechnic students said they wanted to draw attention to their plight as they have been out of school for close to nine months owing to a general strike by their lecturers. The protesters accused the Goodluck Jonathan administration of triggering the strike by refusing to honor a 2009 agreement with polytechnic teachers across Nigeria.
Our sources said trouble started as soon as the protesters moved from Yaba College of Technology in the Yaba area of Lagos towards Lagos Island. “We were attacked by policemen around Adekunle bus stop area,” said one source. “The policemen viciously beat up many students after firing into the air and bombarding us with teargas.”
The police then rounded up numerous injured and gasping protesters and threw them into waiting prison vans where they were stung with more tear gas fumes. Mr. Olawoye, who was covering the protest for SaharaReporters, had his cameras seized and smashed by the rampaging policemen.
SaharaReporters contacted police spokesman, Frank Mba, regarding the repressive action of the police towards peaceful protesters. Mr. Mba said he could not ascertain which unit of the police carried out the attack, stating that he was traveling to Abuja by road.
Just before going to press, SaharaReporters learned that the police had released more than 100 students who were initially detained inside crowded Black Maria vehicles parked at the entrance to the Third Mainland bridge via Adekunle area in Yaba, Lagos.
Two of the released protesters told SaharaReporters that they almost suffocated from the heat inside the vehicles compounded by teargas fumes.

Police Train Personnel On Human Rights

The Nigeria Police Force has introduced human rights syllabus into its training colleges and institutions nationwide to enhance professionalism and ethics among police officers in the country.
Speaking at a seminar for commandant of police colleges organised by the Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action, the Ministry of Police Affairs, and Police Service Commission, in Abuja on Tuesday, the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, noted that the new syllabus would foster citizen confidence in the system.
The IG stated that the syllabus would streamline the training on human rights and enable police personnel adhere to the rule of law and observance of fundamental human rights in all ramifications of police duties.
He said, “Policing in a democracy is premised on adherence to the rule of law and observance of fundamental human rights in all ramifications of police duties and this human rights syllabus will enhance professionalism and ethics among officers.”
Abubakar, who was represented by the DIG training, Atiku Kafur, said that bringing the Commandants of Police training institutions on board the project is a right step in the direction of entrenching human rights training in the curriculum
of police colleges and schools.
The executive director, PRAWA, Dr. Uju Agomoh, explained that the seminar was meant to train the commandants who are expected to pass their knowledge to the junior officers and personnel.

Cameroon To Join Operation Fight Boko

Cameroon joins fight against Boko Haram May 27 17:00 2014 

 On a day Boko Haram killed dozens of Nigerian troops in Buni Yadi, Yobe State, Cameroon has deployed 1,000 soldiers to join in the battle against the insurgents. Reuters quoted the Cameroonian defence ministry spokesman as confirming the movement of troops and armoured vehicles into the border with Nigeria. The leaders of Cameroon, Benin, Niger, Chad and Nigeria agreed at a summit in Paris, France, on May 17 to join forces in combating the Boko Haram threat, which is seen as al-Qaeda in west and central Africa. The northern part of Cameroon has often suffered Boko Haram attacks. “Their mission will be to carry out reconnaissance and be ready to respond with enough fire power,” Lt Colonel Didier Badjeck told Reuters. Until now, Nigeria accused Cameroon of not doing enough to flush out the militants who sometimes operate from the Cameroonian border, smuggling weapons into the country from there. On Tuesday, Boko Haram attacked a Nigerian military base and police barracks in Buni Yadi, the same Yobe town where it killed 59 male students and abducted 16 female students of Federal Government College last February. The group went on to kidnap over 300 girls from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, last month, in a saga that drew global attention. It is thought that 276 girls are still with the group, as 53 escaped. Reuters reported that during Tuesday’s attack, the militants arrived in an armoured personnel carrier and six Hilux trucks before dismounting and firing into the air. At least 11 soldiers and 14 policeman were reported killed. They burnt the police barracks, the army base, the high court and the residence of the district head.

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Cameroon joins fight against Boko Haram May 27 17:00 2014 Print This Article Share it With Friends 👤by TheCable  0 Comments On a day Boko Haram killed dozens of Nigerian troops in Buni Yadi, Yobe State, Cameroon has deployed 1,000 soldiers to join in the battle against the insurgents. Reuters quoted the Cameroonian defence ministry spokesman as confirming the movement of troops and armoured vehicles into the border with Nigeria. The leaders of Cameroon, Benin, Niger, Chad and Nigeria agreed at a summit in Paris, France, on May 17 to join forces in combating the Boko Haram threat, which is seen as al-Qaeda in west and central Africa. The northern part of Cameroon has often suffered Boko Haram attacks. “Their mission will be to carry out reconnaissance and be ready to respond with enough fire power,” Lt Colonel Didier Badjeck told Reuters. Until now, Nigeria accused Cameroon of not doing enough to flush out the militants who sometimes operate from the Cameroonian border, smuggling weapons into the country from there. On Tuesday, Boko Haram attacked a Nigerian military base and police barracks in Buni Yadi, the same Yobe town where it killed 59 male students and abducted 16 female students of Federal Government College last February. The group went on to kidnap over 300 girls from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, last month, in a saga that drew global attention. It is thought that 276 girls are still with the group, as 53 escaped. Reuters reported that during Tuesday’s attack, the militants arrived in an armoured personnel carrier and six Hilux trucks before dismounting and firing into the air. At least 11 soldiers and 14 policeman were reported killed. They burnt the police barracks, the army base, the high court and the residence of the district head. Copyright 2014 The Cable. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.thecable.ng as the source

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On a day Boko Haram killed dozens of Nigerian troops in Buni Yadi, Yobe State, Cameroon has deployed 1,000 soldiers to join in the battle against the insurgents. Reuters quoted the Cameroonian defence ministry spokesman as confirming the movement of troops and armoured vehicles into the border with Nigeria. The leaders of Cameroon, Benin, Niger, Chad and Nigeria agreed at a summit in Paris, France, on May 17 to join forces in combating the Boko Haram threat, which is seen as al-Qaeda in west and central Africa. The northern part of Cameroon has often suffered Boko Haram attacks. “Their mission will be to carry out reconnaissance and be ready to respond with enough fire power,” Lt Colonel Didier Badjeck told Reuters. Until now, Nigeria accused Cameroon of not doing enough to flush out the militants who sometimes operate from the Cameroonian border, smuggling weapons into the country from there. On Tuesday, Boko Haram attacked a Nigerian military base and police barracks in Buni Yadi, the same Yobe town where it killed 59 male students and abducted 16 female students of Federal Government College last February. The group went on to kidnap over 300 girls from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, last month, in a saga that drew global attention. It is thought that 276 girls are still with the group, as 53 escaped. Reuters reported that during Tuesday’s attack, the militants arrived in an armoured personnel carrier and six Hilux trucks before dismounting and firing into the air. At least 11 soldiers and 14 policeman were reported killed. They burnt the police barracks, the army base, the high court and the residence of the district head. Copyright 2014 The Cable. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.thecable.ng as the source

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TERRORISM: President Jonathan Speaks Tough; We Won't Be Cowed

President Goodluck Jonathan has said that his administration will not be cowed by the atrocities of enemies of human progress and civilisation.

President Jonathan

He was reacting to Tuesday’s bomb blasts in Jos, the Plateau State capital, northcentral Nigeria, which claimed over 100 lives

In a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati, the president described the perpetrators of the blasts as cruel and evil.

Jonathan directed all relevant agencies to mobilise support and relief efforts in aid of the victims of the blasts.

He extended his heartfelt sympathies to the affected families and persons, and also assured Nigerians that his government remained fully committed to winning the war against terror.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that two bomb explosions rocked Jos terminus market on Tuesday.

The Commander of the Special Task Force in the state, Maj.-Gen. Dave Enetie, confirmed the incident but did not give casualty figure.

Reports had it that at least 118 people were killed while scores were hospitalised following the injuries they sustained from the blasts.

Also, attacks by Boko Haram gunmen killed 30 people near Chibok, the northeast Nigerian town where the Islamists kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls last month, witnesses said on Wednesday.

The first attack on Monday afternoon killed 10 in the village of Shawa, some seven kilometres (4.3 miles) from Chibok, a number of residents told AFP on condition of anonymity.

Gunmen then stormed the nearby village of Alagarno late Tuesday and stole food, razed homes and fired on fleeing civilians.

“It was a sudden attack,” said resident Haruna Bitrus, in an account supported by other locals.

“They began shooting and set fire to our homes. We had to flee to the bush. They killed 20 of our people,” he added.

Many of those who fled the Alagarno attack ran to Chibok, where Boko Haram seized 276 schoolgirls on April 14.

The military said it had deployed heavily to the area to find the 223 girls who remain in captivity.

Major world powers including the United States are offering varying levels of assistance with the rescue mission.

Bitrus said that despite claims of a military build-up in the area, troops had not responded to the latest attack.

“While the gunmen were fleeing, three of their vehicles broke down and they have stayed behind to fix them. They were there up to this morning” with no response from the military, he said.

CRIME: Notrious NURTW Leader Auxilliary Arrested In Lagos With Arms

NURTW leader, fake soldiers paraded in Lagos

Posted by: Jude Isiguzo and Ebele Boniface in News Update 1 day ago

 

A former leader of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Ibadan, Alhaji Mukaila Lamidi, has been arrested by operatives of the Lagos State Police Command for stockpiling arms and ammunition ahead of the 2015 election.

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The command also paraded ten suspects who specialized in using military uniforms and apparels to maim innocent citizens and commit all forms of atrocities.
Mukaila was arrested with one AK 47 rifle, one 9mm pistol, five Automatic Pomp Action rifle and other assorted ammunition which he acquired from his supplier – one Abdulazeez Amao.
The NURTW leader said he acquired the guns illegally to protect himself against assassins who were after his life, but sensed victimization from the All Progressives Congress (APC) because of his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
“I actually bought these guns. I bought the AK 47 for N350, 000, the pistol was also bought for N350, 000. I bought them to protect myself because there was a time armed assassins were after me, I don’t rob with it. I know where all these victimizations are coming from.
“The APC wants to rope me because I am in PDP. They asked me to join them. Because I refused to join their party, they decided to put me in trouble. I am a strong member of the PDP and I don’t regret it,” the suspect said.
One of the fake soldiers who operate around FESTAC area with his syndicates said he stole the army uniform in a commercial bus.
The suspect, John Musa said, “I escort vehicles who carry goods and commercial vehicles too to avoid being harassed by policemen and members of the NURTW. I am paid N3, 500 per day for the job. I never knew I would be caught. It was one soldier at Ojo Barracks who exposed me and handed us over to the military police who in turn handed me over to the police Area Commander, Area E Command.”
It was alleged that some of the suspects in military uniforms are sometimes used by politicians in Amuwo Odofin local government area of the state to maim unsuspecting residents of the area.
Lagos State Police boss, Alhaji Umar Manko, who paraded the suspects warned criminals to leave Lagos State or face the full wrath of the law.

BOKO HARAM: 26 Killed In Fresh Attack

Nigerian Islamists kill 26 in two attacks: Police

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, May 21 -

Suspected Nigerian Islamist militants killed 26 people in two attacks on remote northeastern villages this week, demonstrating their ability to target civilians hours after a bomb killed 118 people in the central city of Jos, police said on Wednesday.
In one raid, militants opened fire on Alagarno village and razed several houses to the ground, killing 17 people overnight, a source at police headquarters told Reuters. The attack was barely 30 km (20 miles) from Chibok, from where Boko Haram Islamists abducted more than 200 schoolgirls last month.
In the other, men on motorbikes attacked the nearby village of Shawa, killing nine people on Monday.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but Boko Haram has either claimed or been blamed for scores of similar such attacks in the this part of Borno state, near the hilly border with Cameroon.
Violence by Boko Haram, an Islamist militant group fighting for the past five years to carve an Islamic state out of religiously-mixed Nigeria, has surged in the past two months.
Bomb attacks are growing more frequent and sophisticated, including two on the capital last month, and massacres of helpless villagers are an almost daily occurrence.
The Jos attack, if it was Boko Haram, showed the group's growing reach as it spreads outwards from its traditional heartland in the northeast. Though it was not the first attack in Jos, it was by far the deadliest.