Crime
Abduction Alert: Southern Kaduna Reports 31 People Missing
In southern Kaduna, it has been reported that no fewer than 27 women and 4 boys were allegedly abducted, according to a statement from the women’s wing of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union on Monday.
Urging authorities to intervene for the safe rescue of the victims, SOPAPU’s National Women Coordinator, Mrs. Jemutu Katarma, revealed that the abduction took place on October 2, 2023, and the individuals remain captive.
The statement further highlighted the distressing situation in the region, with numerous villages displaced and some seized by bandits, resulting in a considerable number of people being left without homes.
According to Katarma, violence and criminal activities by armed groups, notably bandits and armed herdsmen, have afflicted all but three of the 12 Local Government Areas in southern Kaduna.
She stated that the toll includes thousands of lives lost, houses reduced to ashes, and hundreds of people subjected to kidnapping.
The statement partly read, “After closely observing the policies, words and actions of Governor Uba Sani since he came to power in May 2023, we have good reasons to believe that he has come to restore hope, confidence and unity to the state.
“We also see him working with the Federal Government in helping to solve the serious challenge of the security of lives and property of citizens of Kaduna State.
“It is based on this belief that we are encouraged to use this medium to send him an SoS message on very disturbing security matters, part of which he inherited, and to plead for his urgent intervention.
“As you may all be aware by now, Southern Kaduna is made up of the eight Local Government Areas of Kaduna South senatorial zone, plus Lere LGA in Kaduna North senatorial zone including Kajuru and Chikun LGAs in Kaduna Central senatorial zone.
“Hundreds of our villages have been sacked and some taken over by bandits. Even the immediate past government of the state has been reporting these atrocities to the press every quarter of each year. Our people, especially women and children in their thousands are rendered as IDPs. It is usually women and children who suffer the most during such displacements.
“May I state that it is true that the past government did not show much compassion or interest in assisting us with these evils that have happened to our people? We did not get a good deal at all. Out of the 12 LGAs of Southern Kaduna, Kachia, Kajuru and Chikun are, in our belief, the worst that suffer at the hands of kidnappers. And women and children are their main targets.
“Of particular note, we want to bring to the attention of His Excellency, Gov Uba Sani about a terrible development that happened to his citizens on 2nd October 2023 in Kachuwe, close to Sarkin Pawa in Niger State. After their villages suffered several invasions from bandits in Chikun, they decided to move to Kachuwe which they thought was safer to start life all over again by farming.” The statement added
The weekly public enlightenment campaign of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) would be focusing on women, this Friday.
Biztellers reports that the President, Medical Women’s Association of Nigeria, Prof. Rosemary Ogu would be leading the discussions.
According to a statement on the verified X handle of the NDLEA, the conversations would be on the subject, “Substance Abuse in Pregnancy: Signs, Symptoms, Effects and Remedies”.
It was gathered that the Agency had resorted to public enlargement as a way of discouraging abuse of substances among the people.
It wrote, “The President, Medical Women’s Association of Nigeria, Prof. Rosemary Ogu will lead the 102nd edition of our weekly X Space conversation this Friday at 3pm.
“Let’s prepare for this engaging and informative experience.”
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), appears to be leaving no stone unturned in the bid to forestall brewing mass protests against its operations.
This was gleaned in statement on its verified handle on X, signed by its Head, Media & Publicity, Dele Oyewale on Thursday.
According to Oyewale, the EFCC wishes to alert the general public on the plan by a shadowy group to instigate a “protest” against the Commission.
He added, “In the last couple of days, the group has been actively campaigning in the social media, recruiting impressionable young Nigerians, including students to take up “arms” against the EFCC.
“This insidious campaign is being promoted as resistance to the operational activities of the Commission especially in respect of the enforcement of the laws dealing with cybercrimes.
“The Commission, while not averse to protests by citizens, is alarmed by emerging evidence that suggest a grand design by corrupt elements under investigation or prosecution by the Commission to exploit the so-called protest to orchestrate a national uprising that may threaten the peace and security of our dear nation.
“As a responsible law enforcement organisation, the Commission will not tolerate any breakdown of law and order anywhere in the country especially around its office locations across Nigeria.
“EFCC, working in concert with sister security agencies, is therefore taking necessary measures to deal with possible threats to the peace and security of Nigeria.
“The Commission, however, appeals to parents, guardians and heads of tertiary institutions to take responsibility in ensuring that their wards are not recruited to be used as cannon fodder in a proxy war against the Commission by vested corrupt interests.
“The war being waged by the Commission against corruption and cybercrime is to protect the future of the youth of this country. That future is imperiled if Nigeria degenerates further in global reckoning as a den of fraudsters.”
A secondary school student in Adamawa State has been remanded in custody for allegedly raping a mentally ill woman on three occasions.
Idris Alex Emeka, a 20-year-old student of Capital Government Day Secondary School, appeared before Chief Magistrate Court 2 in Yola and pleaded guilty to the charge of rape.
The presiding judge, Magistrate Musa Alhaji Adamu, ordered Emeka’s remand following his admission of guilt.
According to the prosecution, Emeka was caught in the act with the woman on June 26, 2024.
The First Information Report presented in court detailed that the defendant had engaged in sexual intercourse with the woman on three separate occasions.
Inspector Galeon Nimrod, the prosecuting officer, recounted that Habu Jibrilla reported the incident to Karewa Police Station.
Jibrilla, a resident of the State Low-Cost Housing Estate in Jimeta, apprehended Emeka at approximately 6:40 a.m. while he was having sex with the woman on the street and promptly handed him over to the police.
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