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Updated: NSCDC uncovers fresh plot to attack INEC facilities

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Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Abubakar Audi

There are fresh plots to scuttle efforts for smooth general elections next year as the  Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Abubakar Audi, says he has received intelligence reports of miscreants planning to attack facilities of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) across the country.

The SUN quotes the NSCDC CG as also saying there were reports of a dangerous group in town disguised in uniforms with the intent to attack citizens.

The NSCDC boss, who spoke at the last CG’s Conference for the Year 2022 with Zonal Commanders and State Commandants nationwide, charged them to activate their intelligence antennas, warning that they would be held responsible for any attack in their respective states.

He said the Corps had already begun strategising towards ensuring effective and adequate security to guarantee a free, fair, credible and transparent 2023 general elections.

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The CG further noted that there would be a massive deployment of personnel to sensitive areas across the country during the oncoming festivities.

Audi said: “We decided to assemble our colleagues from other states in order to take stock of what we have been doing, so far, and then re-echo all of us on the need to continue to strengthen our efforts in fighting this monster, insecurity.

“We have heard from intelligence that there is a dangerous group in town. Our attention was drawn to it and that they dress in security uniforms and they have started unleashing mayhem on the citizens, and so, we have to buckle up and fish these people out.

“A certain group of miscreants and disloyal persons to the nation have decided to launch an attack on our various critical and national infrastructure and their target is INEC facilities.

“We got information that the hoodlums soak bread in petrol and light it and throw it into the INEC facilities to cause disaster.

“But we are saying that somebody somewhere is supposed to have sighted them doing this. So have to work with your intelligence to make sure you get proactive.

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Police nab fake inspector, recover stolen cars

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Rivers State Police Commissioner, Olatunji Dosu

Police nab fake inspector, recover stolen cars

Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested a fake Inspector who engages in armed robbery and car snatching, among other crimes. 

This was disclosed by the Rivers State Police Commissioner, Olatunji Dosu while parading the suspect among other suspected criminals on Wednesday.

According to the Dosu, Monday Igbali, the fake inspector, was a former sergeant who was dismissed after being charged in a kidnapping case in 2021.

He noted that three fancy cars were recovered from Igbali, who runs a gang of five criminals.

Dosu states, “The command commenced an investigation in response to a report filed on August 11, 2023, by one Fibika Kingsley that his Lexus EX330 had been stolen at gunpoint along Agip Road by five gunmen.’’

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“The investigations led to the arrest of one Monday Igbali, aged 43, a native of Okwuzi in the Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni LGA of Rivers State.

“He is a former police sergeant who was dismissed after being indicted in a kidnapping case in 2021.

“Since his dismissal, he has continued to parade himself as a police officer, even claiming to be an Inspector of Police, a rank he did not attain before his dismissal.

“He works with a gang of five, with four gang members still at large.

“He has robbed a total of nine cars and sold them for between N1.3m and N2.5m each. He was arrested on March 8, 2024, at his home in Chokocho, Etche, after the police conducted due surveillance following investigations.

“We have recovered three cars from him: a Lexus 330, a Lexus IS250, and a Toyota Highlander.”

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Breaking: Military releases FirstNews editor, Segun Olatunji

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Breaking: Military releases FirstNews editor, Segun Olatunji

The military has finally released Segun Olatunji, editor of FirstNews, who has been in their custody since March 15.

Olatunji was released on Thursday to Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) General Secretary Iyobosa Uwugiaren and The Nation Deputy Editor Yomi Odunuga under a bridge in Asokoro, Abuja.

It was also learnt that the documents for his release were signed inside a security vehicle with heavily armed operatives.

The security agents were said to be masked and the number plates of their vehicles covered up.

The editor was abducted by armed men in his home in Iyana Odo, Abule Egba area of Lagos, on March 15.

His family members were kept in the dark on his whereabouts and why he was arrested.

Several groups, including the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), the Nigerian Guild of Editors, almost daily mounted pressure on the government for Olatunji’s release.

On Wednesday, the Nigerian chapter of the International Press Institute said the journalist was in the custody of the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA).

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BREAKING: Court orders military to release 313 suspected terrorists

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BREAKING: Court orders military to release 313 suspected terrorists

A Federal High Court in Borno State has ordered the release of at least 313 suspected terrorists detained by the military.

The court ordered their release due to a lack of evidence to charge the suspects after the investigation.

Maj. Gen. Buba Edward, the Director of Defence Media Operations, announced this during the operational briefing on Thursday in Abuja.

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He said, “The court ordered the release for want of evidence after the conclusion of investigation and other ancillary matters.

“Accordingly, they would be handed over to the Borno State Government for further action.”

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