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Kuje Prison attack: Boko Haram had superior weapons, number — FG

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July 9, 2022

Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammed Dingyadi

The Federal Government on Friday said the terrorists who attacked the Medium Security Correctional Centre in Kuje, Abuja succeeded because of their large number and superior firepower.

This was disclosed by the Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammed Dingyadi, who spoke with State House Correspondents on Friday.

This followed a meeting President Muhammadu Buhari had with security chiefs on Friday on the attack on the prison at the Presidential Villa in abuja.

Dingyadi said the security personnel deployed to the facility did their best to repel the attack, but were subdued by the superior weaponry and number of the terrorists.

He said: “You see, these kind of things.

“They happen.

“And I want to assure you that all those who are supposed to play a role in ensuring that the attack is neutralised did the best that they could to neutralise it.

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“I think what helped them (terrorists) was the number of people they came with and the superior weapons that they came with.

“And because nobody anticipated it, the few people who were there guarding the place could not withstand the number that they came with.

“I think that was what happened.

“Like I said, this investigation is still going on.

“You will only do good to allow the investigation to continue and may be by the time they finish, you will be able to get the details of what actually happened and why it happened.”

Dingyadi said some of the assailants were killed during the attack.

He said: “Some of them have been killed.

“But I can’t give you the number and I don’t know the number.

“Because like they use to do, whenever one of them is killed, they take the corpse away and you cannot know the number of people who have been killed but definitely quite a number of them were killed and many of them ran way with bullet wounds.”

Dingyadi said the meeting, which was summoned by President Buhari, reviewed the security situation in the country, particularly the Kuje jail break as a result of the attacks on the Correctional Centre by terrorists, the banditry attack in Katsina State, as well as the various attacks on Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State.

The minister said the President was deeply concerned about the recent developments, adding: “Mr. President is surprised that what happened in Kuje actually took place in spite of all the security arrangement that has been made to ensure that such an incident does not happen.

“We are assuring the nation and Nigerians in general that arrangements have been made to ensure that full investigations are carried out to ensure that a repeat of these incidences will not occur.

“The Service Chiefs have been given very clear directives to ensure that adequate measures are taken not only to investigate what happened, but also to take steps to forestall the reoccurrence of such incidences.

“We call on Nigerians to continue to support the Federal Government in its effort to ensure that we fight criminalities to finish and to ensure that this country is brought back to normalcy in a more secure and a more peaceful atmosphere.

“We are moving toward 2023 and government is committed to ensuring that there’s peace, tranquility to ensure a very credible and a peaceful and transparent election in Osun State come early next week.”

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Troops of the Joint Task Force Operation ‘UDO KA’, have killed four members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), including a commander of the group’s armed Eastern Security Network (ESN) in Imo.

Lt.-Col. Jonah Unuakhalu, the military task force’s spokesman, said in a statement on Tuesday in Enugu that the troops conducted a special clearance operation on Monday based on reliable intelligence in the Udda, Ihittukwa, and Orsumoghu communities in the Orsu LGA.

According to him, the troops dominated and captured the notorious stronghold of the IPOB/ESN at Mother Valley despite an attempt by the criminal elements to detonate improvised explosive devices (IEDs) to stop the advancing troops.

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“The gallant joint troops with superior firepower forced the criminals to withdraw in disarray; in the encounter, four of the irredentists were neutralised, and others escaped with gunshot wounds.

“One of the IPOB/ESN commanders, Tochukwu, Aka Ojoto, in charge of Ihietukwa Command, despite many charms on his body, was neutralised,” he said.

The spokesman listed items recovered from the hideouts to include an AK-47 rifle with two magazines, two automatic pump action guns, three handheld Baofeng radios, one laptop, and a Techno phone.

Others are car keys, substances suspected to be marijuana, Biafran currencies, five IEDs and device-making materials, as well as batteries for detonation of the IEDs and assorted charms.

He said the force commander, Hassan Dada, assured all citizens that the joint task force was committed to ensuring peace and stability in the South-East.

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Fake doctor arrested in Lagos after performing surgery, practising for three years

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May 7, 2024

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Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin

Fake doctor arrested in Lagos after performing surgery, practising for three years

Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a fake medical doctor practising in the Ikorodu area of the state, with a forged certificate from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State.

According to a video by the TVC posted on Tuesday, the police said they discovered about 200 patient cards with the fake medical practitioner, Tayo Shakirudeeen, an indigene of Abeokuta, Ogun State.

Shakirudeen said he had treated malaria, typhoid, infections and performed operations on children suffering from appendix, after he learnt it where he worked as a Nursing Assistant at The Jones Hospital, Ojokoro along Ikorodu Road.

Asked how many years he had been treating patients with a fake certificate, he said three years claiming that it was his first time performing a proper surgery.

He also said it was a patient he treated that came with the policemen to arrest him, as he regretted his actions.

“I performed vital signs and abdominal scans. Then after confirmation, you do PCV (packed cell volume) and then you prepare the patient for the surgery. You clean the stomach with antiseptic Dettol with water. So after that, you give some anesthesia injection before starting the surgery,” Shakirudden said.

He used a surgical blade “to dissect the stomach, it’s appendix after opening the stomach then you cut the appendix after cutting the stomach then you suction the appendix then you suction the flesh fat and the skin then you pack it with gauze and apply plaster.”

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It was gathered that he only holds SSCE from Majidun Grammar School, as he said he was arrested, “after performing the surgery, the patient has been discharged home. So after like three months, the patient came with the police to arrest me.”

He said there were no complications after treating the patient so he did not know the reason why the patent came back with the police.

“I charged one hundred fifty thousand, and I have six workers. My hospital is located in Ikorodu. It’s a new site but somewhere close to Elepe Estate. I regret every bit of my action so I would never advise anyone or if there’s anyone that is still hiding somewhere and doing such a thing they should desist from it,” he added.

Shakirudeen’s hospital is Skyline Medical Centre and noted that he is a married man with three children

Speaking about the certificate the police found with him, he said, “It’s a forged certificate from Obafemi Awolowo MBBS, Medicine, and Surgery. Nobody taught me, but I used to help my boss when he was performing the surgery.”

“To dissect the stomach, it’s appendix after opening the stomach then you cut the appendix after cutting the stomach then you suction the appendix, then you suction the flesh fat and the skin then you pack it with gauze and apply plaster,” he added.

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BREAKING: Police reportedly arrest Dunamis testifier, Anyim Vera

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May 7, 2024

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BREAKING: Police reportedly arrest Dunamis testifier, Anyim Vera

Dunamis Testifier and a Bsc Law Celebrity, has been arrested and detained by the Nigeria Police Force for breaching etiquette.

Anyim Vera, who went viral recently after she was accused of giving false testimony in Dunamis church, has hinted at meeting singer Davido and comedian Sabinus over her self-acclaimed celebrity status.

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In a video that emerged online, Anyim, during her testimony in the church, said she graduated with a “Bsc in Law” from the National Open University of Nigeria.

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