Nigeria’s Police Chief Accused Of Investment Fraud

A human rights group named Paths of Peace has accused Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, of defrauding police officers of billions of naira in a dubious investment scam.

IG of Police, MD Abubakar

In a petition to the Senate, the group demanded that Mr. Abubakar be probed over the alleged multi-billion-naira scheme that reportedly affects every police officer in the country. Paths of Peace (PoP), a non-governmental organization that wrote the petition, stated that its objective was to fight for the rights of the oppressed.


The petition, which was submitted to various Senate Committees, including the Committee on Petition and Privileges and the House Committee on Diaspora, alleged that Mr. Mohammed deducts N11,000 from each police officer’ account each month. The petition stated that the deductions are part of a scam perpetrated through the so-called “mechanized salary section” (MSS). The measure allows police authorities to cut the salaries of officers and to divert the deductions into what is called a mortgage bank called Fokas Savings and Loans Limited.






The petition disclosed that the deductions were purportedly to be used to buy shares for all police officers. However, none of the officers ever received any certificates or documents detailing the ownership of shares or the size of their shares.






PoP’s spokesman, Dandy Eze, stated that the Senate had previously ordered the IG to stop the illegal deductions from officers’ salaries. Mr. Eze disclosed that Mr. Abubakar had not heeded the Senate’s order.

According to the petition, the IG never refunded the deducted funds to police officers. The petition also accused Mr. Abubakar of flouting the legislature’s order by continuing to make further deductions from police officers' accounts.

PoP urged the Senate to intervene and to prevail on the Inspector General to stop making any more deductions and also to refund what he had so far deducted from police officers’ accounts.

sources;sahara reporters

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15 Nigerian Soldiers Ambushed And Killed As 200 Troops Attempt To Recapture Damboa Barracks From Boko Haram

Nigerian soldiers deployed around noon today (Nigerian time) to recapture Damboa military base suffered huge casualties as Boko Haram militants ambushed them, killing at least 15 soldiers, a security source has disclosed to SaharaReporters.

The source stated that 200 soldiers had been sent on the operation to reclaim the base from the Islamist insurgents who overran it and took it over a few days ago. Our source stated that the militants, who had hoisted their flag on the base, had dug a trench where many of their heavily armed gunmen lay in ambush awaiting what they knew would be the inevitable arrival of a contingent of soldiers to retake the base.

As soon as the soldiers approached, the Islamist militants surprised them by opening fire from their trenches, killing as many as 15 soldiers and wounding many more, said the source. “Some of the injured soldiers said that they lost 15 soldiers, but the full extent of those who died is even unclear now,” he told our correspondent.

“I went to the MRS Hospital in Maimalari barracks in Maiduguri. The hospital is filled to capacity with injured soldiers,” said the source. He added that the hospital was so stretched that some of the wounded soldiers were on the bare floor to receive treatment. “There’s a lack of space and facilities to accommodate the injured victims.”

Our source said the injured soldiers were enraged that they were sent on such a high-risk operation without enough firepower and troops to take out Boko Haram insurgents. “They are very angry and the atmosphere is tense,” said the source.
sources; sahara repoters

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NDLEA Arrests 34-Year-Old Man With 1.370kg Of Cocaine

A 34-year-old man has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), yesterday, with 1.370 kilogrammes of c*****e at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.

The suspect identified as Mr. Nriagwu Augustine Ifeanyi, was nabbed during the screening of passengers on a Turkish Airline flight at the departure hall of the airport.


NDLEA Commander at the Lagos Airport, Mr. Hamza Umar while confirming the arrest said the suspect hid the drug and packed them in two parcels inside a laptop bag.


He said: “The suspect was found with two parcels of c*****e industrially hidden by the sides of his laptop bag. He was detected on his way to Turkey from where he would have proceeded to South Sudan. The drug tested positive for c*****e and weighed 1.370kg.”


Meanwhile, Chairman of NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade said that the agency would continue to engage in both drug supply and demand reduction activities towards making the country drug-free.
Sources; Naijaloaded.com

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Boko Haram Member Speaks With BBC, Says Only Prisoner Exchange Can Secure The Girls Release.

A man who described himself as a teacher/scholar inside the Boko Haram camp today July 8th spoke anonymously with Tobi Oladipo of BBC World radio service where he stated that it’s only the release of their imprisoned members by the Federal Government that can make them release the over 200 Chibok girls they abducted on April 14th at the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok.


“Yes we want the Nigerian government to release our members. As our leader Abubakar Shekau promised to the media, if today the government releases our members, tomorrow or the next day we promise you can see all of them (the girls) sure. We would release them tomorrow or the next day.” he told BBC World Radio.
Seaking further, the man said the abducted girls are in good condition and are well catered for


“I am telling you a fact, they are in a state of amnesty. They don’t have a problem. Some of them have belief in Islam, some of them say they would not convert to Islam but we didn’t differentiate them, we treat them equally. They are healthy, feeding and all these. We didn’t differentiate between them at all, why because, Allah commands us to do them equally. Some of them say they would not come back to Islam, we ask them to stay, no problem. There is no forcing in Islam but some of them not Muslims are converting to Islam but we are not differentiating them. If you see them now, you would see they don’t have any problem”he said

The man also said Boko Haram attacks anyone who gives out information about them and their activities

“Under Islam, killing children and women is not accepted you understand, but if they are fighting you, then you must fight them but if they are not fighting you, then it is not accepted weather they are Muslims or non-Muslims. Do not fight them, it is not accepted but if you bomb somewhere or make arrest somewhere, it will affect them but killing children and women is not accepted” he said
- Sources; naijaloaded.com

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2 Weeks, 18 Separate Attacks By Boko Haram – The United Nations Is Worried

2 Weeks, 18 Separate Attacks By Boko Haram – The United Nations Is Worried

According to the United Nations (UN), Boko Haram is behind at least 18 attacks in Northern Nigeria in the past two weeks, and they don’t show any sign of letting up. The rising levels of violence are worrying and threaten the security of West Africa.

We have been worried for a long time.

The U.N. special envoy for West Africa, Mr Djinnit, told the U.N. Security Council the insecurity, coupled with the mounting tension fed by politicians leading up to the elections in 2015 was even more alarming.

“The level of violence against civilians in Nigeria continues to escalate, it is disheartening to note that within the last two weeks at least 18 attacks attributed to Boko Haram have been conducted resulting in the tragic death of innocent civilians and displacement of peoples,” Djinnit said.

“The Boko Haram crisis is now affecting security in the sub region,” he added.

“All efforts should be made to address the insurgency and insecurity, the present situation underscores the paramount need for the Nigerian political class to forge a unified stand in confronting the persisting insecurity,” Djinnit said.

Djinnit also said, “It is essential that West African countries close ranks and establish effective strategic and operational cooperation mechanisms to address this threat which runs the risk of destabilising the whole Sahara-Sahel region from the Atlantic to the Indian oceans,” he stated. “Their efforts should be strongly backed by the rest of the international community and the United Nations.”

General elections will hold in Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Niger and Nigeria in 2015.

Djinnit said that the elections would hold in “highly polarised societies and within a context of deep political divides and controversies related to ongoing or potential initiatives to amend constitutional provisions related to presidential term limits.”

“UNOWA will continue to work closely with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and other stakeholders to assist in efforts to prevent political differences from developing into violent crises and in providing electoral assistance towards consolidating democracy in the region”, the envoy said.

“Indeed, in view of the prevailing fragility in the region, every effort should be made to ensure that democracy and stability are pursued with equal commitment, as they are mutually reinforcing.”

18 attacks in 2 weeks?
sources; naijaloaded.com

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BREAKING NEWS- Boko Haram Recaptures 45 Women Out Of 63 That Escaped In Borno

Yesterday, Nigerians were happy about “63 Abducted Borno Women Escape From Boko Haram”
Unfortunately 45 out of the 63 women and children who escaped being abducted by Boko Haram insurgents at Damboa and Chibok villages in Borno State; have been recaptured by the Islamic terror group, after attacking military and police formations in Damboa last Friday night. Sources said that those escaped from the gunmen were 18, leaving 45 abductees in the hands of insurgents.

Scores of the Boko Haram insurgents and 17 soldiers and several policemen died during the attack to re-capture the women and children, Vanguard Newspaper gathered.
Speaking of the recapture of the victims in a telephone interview yesterday in Maiduguri, Abass Gava, a member of Chibok Vigilante Group said that 63 women and children who initially escaped during the clashes between the military and Boko Haram had been recaptured, while attempting to flee from the camps where they were held in their respective villages.
He said: “It is very unfortunate and shocking to tell you today (yesterday) that 45 of the 63 escaped women and children were kidnapped again on Sunday night, leaving only 18 that ran into this forests.”
- Sources;naijaloaded.com

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