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Northern group protests widespread hunger Thursday

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July 31, 2023

Northern group protests widespread hunger Thursday

The Arewa Citizens Watch for Good Governance (ACWGG) has threatened to embark on a massive protest over what it refered to as widespread hunger.

This is as it vowed to begin mobilisation of its supporters from Thursday, August 3 to press home its demand for removal of the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), Mr. Mele Kyari and heads of the company subsidiaries for the role they played in subjecting Nigerians to untold hardship over abysmal increase in the price of petroleum motor spirit (PMS).

Addressing newsmen at Arewa House, Kaduna, the publicity secretary, Aminu Muhammad Abbas, said the group believed strongly that the “endemic and systemic corruption that the NNPC is known for encouraged the racketeering in the defunct subsidy administration, which ended up lining the pockets of major marketers with petro-dollars and further reduced resources available for the usage of the common.

“As you may be aware, there was artificial fuel scarcity in the significant part of 2022 and early 2023 which led to a build-up of queues in our fuel stations. Miraculously, the queues disappeared immediately after the 2023 general elections.

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“Most Nigerians believe that the forces behind the scarcity and unwarranted increase in the price of the PMS were working against the interest of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, which ended boomeranging.

“The dark forces took the fight to another dimension by persuading the then president-elect to announce the removal of the subsidy without carrying out a proper situation analysis. This, we believe was done to punish poor Nigerians who willingly voted for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

“We are afraid that should the Tribunal and Supreme Court Justices order a rerun election today, we doubt if the president can survive it.

“With the perceived termination of the subsidy regime, the NNPC is planning to reaward pipeline surveillance contract to the Tompolo-owned Tantita Security Company. This is a deliberate way of passing a vote of no confidence in our armed forces, who are working tirelessly to ensure that we can sleep with our two eyes closed.”

“Beyond the cosmetics of the recent findings of tapping point in oil pipeline by the leadership of Tantita, which coincided with the expiration of his earlier contract, we believe that strong forces in the Company stand to benefit from it.

“It is on the strength of the above background that we wish to call on our Members to converge at the NNPC Headquarters, Abuja on Thursday, to commence mass civil action that will force the NNPCL supreme ruler to either step aside or be sacked by Mr President.

“We understand that things are very tough for our compatriot. They either come out to protest their way to freedom or stay home to acquire Stomach Ulcer which might lead to their ultimate end. We wish to call on our Security Agencies mobilizelise their men to give us the necessary protection as we exercise our inalienable right to protest,” he added.

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Adabo Mohammed, a police inspector has been dismissed over alleged involvement in robbery and kidnapping in the federal capital territory (FCT).

Announcing this on Friday, May 17, the Nigeria Police Force spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi said Mohammed and five others were members of an armed robbery gang allegedly responsible for the stealing of N29.8 million from a victim during a robbery operation in the Gwagwalada area of Abuja.

The dismissed officer was also part of a gang that kidnapped one Ikechukwu Emmanuel Okafor, in the Tunga Maje area of Abuja and collected N4.4 million in ransom. He further revealed that Mohammed has been charged to court.

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Adejobi also disclosed that the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun has also approved the demotion of three inspectors to the rank of sergeant over alleged extortion.

The demoted officers as Osagie Efford, Semiu Agbekin, and Francis Ahuen, who were attached to the special tactical squad (STS) in the FCT. It was gathered that they intercepted an unregistered Mercedes Benz at the Gwarinpa area of the territory and “forced the occupants to part with the total sum of N29.4m”.

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“While the monies have been returned to the complainants, the officers were subjected to orderly room trial in line with extant laws, and have been demoted.”

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The women of Okoloba community in Bomadi local government area, weekend, protested against what they called the return of armed youths of Okuama in Ughelli South local government area, who they alleged were threatening the peace of the riverine area.

The placard carrying women, led by the chairlady of Okoloba community, Mrs Timipakebi Goodwin, and secretary, Mrs Mary Koibi, staged a peace protest on black attires along the coastal fringe of Okoloba community, chanting against violence and bloodbath, as well as sending an S.O.S. to the federal government to come to their aid.

Some inscriptions on the placards read: ‘We say No to violence’, ‘Enough of the killings on our land’, ‘Armed Okuama youths returning in a commando style’, ‘We say No to the return of armed youths of Okuama’, ‘Resettle Okuama people among their Ewu brothers in Ughelli South LGA’, ‘We mourn the killing of the 17 soldiers’ and among others.

The chairlady of Okoloba, Mrs Goodwin, speaking to newsmen with a written address that was made available to security apparatuses, which include the police, DSS, NSCDC, JTF as well as the acting chairman of Bomadi local government council, noted that the latest killing by the youths of Okuama showed that they could kill human beings at the slightest provocation.

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The women’s presentations as well as the written address read in part: “First, we the women of Okoloba community sympathize with the killing of 17 soldiers and officers of the Nigerian army on a peace and rescue mission to Okuama, following the kidnap of our son. We sincerely mourn their untimely death and pray for the repose of their souls. We also pray for their families.

“However, less than 24 hours after the exit of the troops from Okuama, fresh crisis erupted with another neighbouring community, culminating in the killing of one person while three other persons were seriously injured. The person who was killed and those sustaining machete wounds were alleged to have gone there to loot.

“The latest killing showed that the people of Okuama can kill a human at the slightest provocation; the sanctity of human life means nothing to them. It also shows that neighbouring Ijaw communities like Okoloba are not safe.

“So, resetting the people of Okuama in their present location, which is in-between communities in Bomadi local government area, is an attempt to encourage further communal clashes and bloodbath.

“Just last week, youths of Okuama community came out of the Mein-toruabubor creek, which leads to Ewu, on three speedboats and all of them on camouflage. They shot sporadically in the air before proceeding to OKuama. They moved to and fro the creek three times, and at every time they shot their guns in the air at the entrance of the creek.

“We are calling on the federal government to come to our aid, and the panacea to these incessant clashes and killings is for the government to relocate Okuama to Ewu clan in Ughelli South Local Government Area, where they truly and rightly belong.