Vice president Yemi Osinbajo has thrown his weight behind those advocating for state police, saying that managing multi-ethnic groups like Nigeria may prove difficult and costly, and therefore, the state police are the way to go.
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice-Marshal Isiaka Amao has on Friday approved the redeployment of some senior officers of the Nigerian Air Force, Amao also approved the appointment of Air Commodore, Edward Gabwet as the new spokesperson of the Force, replacing Ibikunle Daramola.
President Buhari has today charges the newly promoted service chiefs to step up the tempo of fighting criminality to protect the lives and properties of Nigeria. The president made this comment while decorating the new service chiefs at the State House, Abuja, urging them that they have limited time to perform. Contained in a statement signed by the president Special Adviser on Media and publicity, Femi Adesina, Buhari stated that during the four-hour of the security meeting on Tuesday, reiterated to the service chiefs that being the commander in chief, he has given them directive to go out there and do everything possible to secure the country.
The Kaduna state-based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmed Gumi, has insisted that if Nigeria must make headway in the fight against insecurity, the repentant criminals must be given amnesty. Gumi opined that if those who started a civil war against the country that consumed millions of people were pardoned, he sees no fault in giving similar gesture to bandit if that will bring peace at the end, saying bandits must be forgiven if the government is serious about ending the carnage.
Bulus Yakura, a pastor of Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria, EYN (Church of Brethren in Nigeria) who was abducted by Boko haram in December from Pemi village in Chibok Local Government Area has on Wednesday been released from captivity. Last week a video showing Yakura in captivity, pleading with the Federal Government and Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) to save him was circulated on Social media. The video also showed his abductor threatening to kill him at the end of the week if their demands were not met.
The Kaduna State Government has confirmed the killing of one ‘Rufai Maikaji’, a deadly bandit who commanded over a hundred fighters in the area. According to a statement released on Thursday by the state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, Bandit Leader Maikaji, and dozens of his fighters were neutralized during air interdictions around the fringes of Malul Forest in Igabi LGA of Kaduna Central Senatorial District.
