Two girls who are suspected to be students of Tai Solarin University of Education Ogun state were allegedly raped by some members of a secret cult and their naked pictures posted on the social network site facebook.
The two alleged female students were alleged to be members of the cult group Red Rose, and were said to have been abducted and taken and taken into a nearby bush where they were raped.
The devlopment lead to a violent attack among warring cult groups in the town leading atleast two students of the University dead, parralizing commercial activities in the town.
There are accusations that the two female students could be secret cult members too an eyewitness of the whole incident said trouble started when the attention of the parents of the two girls were drawn to the naked pictures on facebook that they now reported the matter to the police which took prompt action to arrest the culprits.
When the police arrived the school premises, the cultist wereresting under a tree close to the old gate and resisted arrest and ran away but four of them apprehended while one was shot dead.
Confirming the dead of the student by the public relations officer, Mr Gbenga Omimola said the 200 level student Wole Lasisi was shot by the police and that the hoodlums who raped the students were not students of the University. The PRO said the incident happened outside the school premises and therefore did not affect the schools activities but that the Institutions management has set up a fact finding committee to investigate the matter.
Thursday, 28 July 2011
Sunday, 24 July 2011
"Awalla" the boko haram system of funding exposed!
The boko haram has been troubling Nigerians of late and subsequent investigation to unravel how they operate and even get funding is proving to be a mistry. But recently it is been discovered that the boko haram has adopted the "Awalla system of money transfer". The Nigerian governmet is not leaving anything to chance as it has adopted every means of investigating this terrorist organisation and its finances is one of them. The Awalla system is a means of moneytary transfer that is widely used in the middle east like Saudi Arabia, the system works like this somebody in saudi arabia that wants to send money to its associates here in Nigeria will only pay the equivalent of the money in Saudi Arabia while the other will receive the equivalent from any other business associate here in Nigeria, meaning there is no form of banking transaction and it is not documented for anybody to trace!.
The Boko Haram has adopted this form of monetary and it is hard to trace it. Even the dreaded Osama Bin Laden used this form of transaction which was hard for the American Government to trace.
But from close sources the Nigerian government knows that there are alot disgruntled politicians who want to cause disharmony and unrest in the administration of Dr Goodluck Jonathan.
The Boko Haram has adopted this form of monetary and it is hard to trace it. Even the dreaded Osama Bin Laden used this form of transaction which was hard for the American Government to trace.
But from close sources the Nigerian government knows that there are alot disgruntled politicians who want to cause disharmony and unrest in the administration of Dr Goodluck Jonathan.
Saturday, 16 July 2011
NYSC boss refutes claim asking corp members to bring one thousand five hundred naira before collecting new allowance
Following the new increase in the allowances of the NYSC members as announced by Director General of NYSC last week in the maiduguri camps and in Jos where he went to have speech with them intimating them on rubrics of the outside world, among some of the thing the Director General; Brigadier General Maharazu Tsiga spoke on were the worrying state of insecurity in Maiduguri, that those seeking posting away from the state should do so but that they will not be posted to their home state that it mitigated the code of the NYSC, and secondly that due to the increase in the allowances there were text messages going round that each corp member will have to part with the sum of one thousand five hundred naira only before they could get their allowances. He said the NYSC has not asked any corper to do so and is asking them to be vigilant.
The DG of the NYSC also refuted claims that the NYSC orientation camp was bombed by the dreaded Boko Haram sect even though that alot of state Government have been repatrating their citizens from the state following fridays bombing again that took the lives of two JTF members.Following the new increase in the allowances of the NYSC members as announced by Director General of NYSC last week in the maiduguri camps and in Jos where he went to have speech with them intimating them on rubrics of the outside world, among some of the thing the Director General; Brigadier General Maharazu Tsiga spoke on were the worrying state of insecurity in Maiduguri, that those seeking posting away from the state should do so but that they will not be posted to their home state that it mitigated the code of the NYSC, and secondly that due to the increase in the allowances there were text messages going round that each corp member will have to part with the sum of one thousand five hundred naira only before they could get their allowances. He said the NYSC has not asked any corper to do so and is asking them to be vigilant.
The DG of the NYSC also refuted claims that the NYSC orientation camp was bombed by the dreaded Boko Haram sect even though that alot of state Government have been repatrating their citizens from the state following fridays bombing again that took the lives of two JTF members.
The DG of the NYSC also refuted claims that the NYSC orientation camp was bombed by the dreaded Boko Haram sect even though that alot of state Government have been repatrating their citizens from the state following fridays bombing again that took the lives of two JTF members.Following the new increase in the allowances of the NYSC members as announced by Director General of NYSC last week in the maiduguri camps and in Jos where he went to have speech with them intimating them on rubrics of the outside world, among some of the thing the Director General; Brigadier General Maharazu Tsiga spoke on were the worrying state of insecurity in Maiduguri, that those seeking posting away from the state should do so but that they will not be posted to their home state that it mitigated the code of the NYSC, and secondly that due to the increase in the allowances there were text messages going round that each corp member will have to part with the sum of one thousand five hundred naira only before they could get their allowances. He said the NYSC has not asked any corper to do so and is asking them to be vigilant.
The DG of the NYSC also refuted claims that the NYSC orientation camp was bombed by the dreaded Boko Haram sect even though that alot of state Government have been repatrating their citizens from the state following fridays bombing again that took the lives of two JTF members.
Boko Haram places ex-Gov, Emirs, others on death list: another bomb blast kills JTF member in Maiduguri
Not withstanding the public apology given to the dreaded boko haram sect by former Governor of Borno and Gombe, senator Ali Modu Sheriff and senator Danjuma Goje as well as Alhaji Isa Yuguda, the incubent Governor of Bauchi state, the sect have decided to place some Nigerians on death list.
It was learnt at the weekend that senator Sheriff the former governor of Borno state is top on the list of possible target of the sect drawn up by its leaders. Sources said that while the former governor was handed five conditions by the sect, he was only able to fulfill one which was to publicly apologizing to the sect. Thinking that when he does that he would be left off the hook but notwithstanding the sect is still angry with Sheriff.
There is the indication that Governor Modu Sheriff is really on the death list, also included in the list are names of emirs, Islamic preachers and others who are opposed to their plan.
The JTF deployed by th federal goverment to confront the rampage by the Islamic sect Boko Haram in some part of the north are having a hectic time occassioned by the consistent leakages of their plans and strategy to weed out the sect.
This as friday bomb blast had however thrown the entire city into deeper confusion having halted free movent.Not withstanding the public apology given to the dreaded boko haram sect by former Governor of Borno and Gombe, senator Ali Modu Sheriff and senator Danjuma Goje as well as Alhaji Isa Yuguda, the incubent Governor of Bauchi state, the sect have decided to place some Nigerians on death list.
It was learnt at the weekend that senator Sheriff the former governor of Borno state is top on the list of possible target of the sect drawn up by its leaders. Sources said that while the former governor was handed five conditions by the sect, he was only able to fulfill one which was to publicly apologizing to the sect. Thinking that when he does that he would be left off the hook but notwithstanding the sect is still angry with Sheriff.
There is the indication that Governor Modu Sheriff is really on the death list, also included in the list are names of emirs, Islamic preachers and others who are opposed to their plan.
The JTF deployed by th federal goverment to confront the rampage by the Islamic sect Boko Haram in some part of the north are having a hectic time occassioned by the consistent leakages of their plans and strategy to weed out the sect.
This as friday bomb blast had however thrown the entire city into deeper confusion having halted free movent.
It was learnt at the weekend that senator Sheriff the former governor of Borno state is top on the list of possible target of the sect drawn up by its leaders. Sources said that while the former governor was handed five conditions by the sect, he was only able to fulfill one which was to publicly apologizing to the sect. Thinking that when he does that he would be left off the hook but notwithstanding the sect is still angry with Sheriff.
There is the indication that Governor Modu Sheriff is really on the death list, also included in the list are names of emirs, Islamic preachers and others who are opposed to their plan.
The JTF deployed by th federal goverment to confront the rampage by the Islamic sect Boko Haram in some part of the north are having a hectic time occassioned by the consistent leakages of their plans and strategy to weed out the sect.
This as friday bomb blast had however thrown the entire city into deeper confusion having halted free movent.Not withstanding the public apology given to the dreaded boko haram sect by former Governor of Borno and Gombe, senator Ali Modu Sheriff and senator Danjuma Goje as well as Alhaji Isa Yuguda, the incubent Governor of Bauchi state, the sect have decided to place some Nigerians on death list.
It was learnt at the weekend that senator Sheriff the former governor of Borno state is top on the list of possible target of the sect drawn up by its leaders. Sources said that while the former governor was handed five conditions by the sect, he was only able to fulfill one which was to publicly apologizing to the sect. Thinking that when he does that he would be left off the hook but notwithstanding the sect is still angry with Sheriff.
There is the indication that Governor Modu Sheriff is really on the death list, also included in the list are names of emirs, Islamic preachers and others who are opposed to their plan.
The JTF deployed by th federal goverment to confront the rampage by the Islamic sect Boko Haram in some part of the north are having a hectic time occassioned by the consistent leakages of their plans and strategy to weed out the sect.
This as friday bomb blast had however thrown the entire city into deeper confusion having halted free movent.
Friday, 15 July 2011
NYSC Members in Maiduguri are to be redeployed to other states
NYSC members in Maiduguri are to be redeployed to other states. This is coming at the heels of the boko haram threat to human lives and properties.
Brigadier General Maharazu Tsiga confirmed this when he address the current batch in camp that they will redeployed to other states, he however pointed out that they will not be posted to their state of origin which is against the code of the NYSC and that the decision for posting will have to be by a written application by the corp member indicating his or her intention to be posted out.
It will be recalled that the allowance for the corp members were jerked up recently and most of the corp members interviewed said they wanted to be alive to enjoy the increase.
Brigadier General Maharazu Tsiga confirmed this when he address the current batch in camp that they will redeployed to other states, he however pointed out that they will not be posted to their state of origin which is against the code of the NYSC and that the decision for posting will have to be by a written application by the corp member indicating his or her intention to be posted out.
It will be recalled that the allowance for the corp members were jerked up recently and most of the corp members interviewed said they wanted to be alive to enjoy the increase.
Wednesday, 13 July 2011
Bomb blast at ECWA church in Niger State Again
TWENTY- four hours after the blast that claimed four lives and injured others at All Christian Fellowship Mission Church, Suleja, another blast exploded, at Ecwa Church in Madalla town, near Suleja was also blown again.
The blast exploded at 8:30 p.m. on Monday, on the day the Acting Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Ibeto, led a government delegation and security agents to Suleja to assess the incident.
The bomb exploded near the fence of the Ecwa Church, Madalla, shortly after an unknown man was sighted by a woman near the fence.
Shortly after, residents of the area attempted to interrogate the man, but he ran away, after which the bomb exploded. It was gathered that the explosive was planted in the fence of the church.
No life was, however, lost while there were also no casualties except for the serious panic which the blast caused in the area. Shop owners closed immediately after the blast.
The state Police Command Spokesman, ASP Richard Oguche, confirmed the story, adding that the explosive must have been buried close to the church.
Oguche said no life was lost in the incident.
The blast exploded at 8:30 p.m. on Monday, on the day the Acting Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Ibeto, led a government delegation and security agents to Suleja to assess the incident.
The bomb exploded near the fence of the Ecwa Church, Madalla, shortly after an unknown man was sighted by a woman near the fence.
Shortly after, residents of the area attempted to interrogate the man, but he ran away, after which the bomb exploded. It was gathered that the explosive was planted in the fence of the church.
No life was, however, lost while there were also no casualties except for the serious panic which the blast caused in the area. Shop owners closed immediately after the blast.
The state Police Command Spokesman, ASP Richard Oguche, confirmed the story, adding that the explosive must have been buried close to the church.
Oguche said no life was lost in the incident.
Tuesday, 12 July 2011
Cultism in University of Ado Ekiti
The University of Ado Ekiti (UNAD) was thrown into pandemonium last Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, when members of rival cults engaged themselves in a gun duel that interrupted the ongoing first semester examinations. recounting the incident and reporting the anger among various stakeholders in the institution over poor security and other issues.
The peace that had reigned for sometime at the University of Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, was last Tuesday night, shattered when two cultist groups were engaged in a gun duel.
The duel sent both students and staff of the university scampering for safety, with some getting injured in the process as gunshots rented the air for almost an hour.
Students were seen in groups discussing their security fears and the fate of the examinations billed to take place that day. They had earlier left the Omolayo Administrative Building where they had thronged to catch a glimpse of a trio of suspected cult members arrested by the University Cadets Peace Corps.
When many of the students kicked over what they saw as insensitivity on the part of the university authorities, which had insisted that examinations must continue as scheduled the morning after the violence, their leaders addressed them in an emergency congress at the Students Union Building (SUB).
President of UNADSU, Mr. Olalekan Shittu, told the students that they were not going to write examinations, at least on Wednesday, because many students were unsettled following the fearful event of Tuesday night. “We have made it clear to the authorities that students are yet to come out of the trauma of the cultists’ clash.” He wondered what would be the fate of the undisclosed number of innocent students he said were injured in the fracas. “Innocent students should not be made to suffer for what they know nothing about,” Shittu submitted.
The Registrar of the institution, Dr. Omojola Awosusi, had maintained on Wednesday in a telephone interview with journalists that the university had not postponed the examinations, and insisted that the first semester examinations would continue on Thursday.
It was gathered from students who wished not to be named that the first gunshot was heard at about 7:42 pm on Tuesday. They alleged that a member of the Eiye Confraternity was brutalised by members of Black Axe earlier in the day over what none of them could place hands on and the former group took their revenge late in the evening. “The unfortunate thing is that we have been without electricity for a while and most students studying for the ongoing examinations leave their residences at Satellite and Osekita areas for where there is electricity. So, when the shooting began, we scampered in various directions in the darkness and many of us were seriously injured in the process,” they stated.
“One female student fainted when the sporadic shooting would not stop. She was taken to their home in town. It was only this morning that those who fell in an uncompleted soak-away pit when they were running in the darkness were helped out of the huge hole. Some of them have fractures but all of them have injuries,” the students recounted. They said those found in the uncompleted septic tank were six female and four male students.
They also alleged that an unnamed member of the student cadet corps, who form an integral part of the security system of the institution, was attacked by the cultists with machetes and was seriously injured.
The Commanding Officer of the Campus Cadets, Mr. Babafemi Dahunsi confirmed that a member of his corps was attacked with machete by the gang members but chose not to name him and the hospital where he said he was receiving treatment. “You know, I still cannot say why he was attacked. So, I’d like to keep the name of the hospital and where it is for his security,” Dahunsi stated. On the number of those injured, he said he had no figure, adding “I can’t even imagine what might have happened among the cultists and I’m sure they would keep their members away, dead or alive, at all costs.”
Dahunsi said those that were arrested by the cadet corps and paraded were cultists. “One of them was carrying a double barrel gun, one had a shot gun while the third one was carrying bullets for the guns,” he alleged. To forestall further attack on members of his corps, he said “we now move together and stay together because if those guys could go on a shooting spree for about 45 minutes without hindrance, then anything can happen.
There is presence of armed plain clothed security personnel on the campus on Wednesday. However, on enquiry, the students lamented that when policemen eventually arrived in the campus, “they started shooting right from the gate which is far away from the scene of the incident.” They queried, “Is that not a signal to the gangs that they had arrived and that they should run away?”
The Public Relations Officer of the Ekiti State police command, Mr. Mohammed Jimoh, when asked about the incident, said two of the gang members were arrested by men of the command, pointing out that the situation had been contained while investigations were on. The students however said that they handed over the three men they arrested to the State Security Service (SSS).
But the worries of the majority of the students were not over whether arrests could be made or not. They are afraid of what comes after they had reported crimes and sundry acts and such suspects were taken away. “Our major fear is sustained insecurity on the campus and the non-challance of the relevant authorities,” some of the students stated.
“We know those causing problems on the campus. They are our neighbours, classmates, friends and are in our faculties, departments and so on. But when we report them to the authorities, the next few days, they’re back on campus. They even come to you with renewed threats and say things like: ‘so you went and reported me?” the students lamented.
According to them, “there are almost daily occurrences of robberies, especially of mobile phones and other handy property. People will just corner you somewhere and take away your property under the threat of knives and other arms.”
Christians in the university have, however, taken the battle to the spiritual realm, seeking the face of God in all that concern them and the institution. The largest fellowship in UNAD, the University Christian Association Ado Ekiti (UCAAD), led by Pastor Isaac Adubazi, even staged a peaceful march round the university same Wednesday to create awareness on the state of insecurity. Transportation and other activities were disrupted all through the one hour the march lasted.
The return of deadly gangs has thrown light on many other issues bedevilling the university. Students said the last time they witnessed cultists’ war was in 2007 and wondered what had gone wrong. However, the Public Relations Officer of the university, Mr. Olubunmi Ajibade, said he was sure that normalcy had returned to the university.
The peace that had reigned for sometime at the University of Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, was last Tuesday night, shattered when two cultist groups were engaged in a gun duel.
The duel sent both students and staff of the university scampering for safety, with some getting injured in the process as gunshots rented the air for almost an hour.
Students were seen in groups discussing their security fears and the fate of the examinations billed to take place that day. They had earlier left the Omolayo Administrative Building where they had thronged to catch a glimpse of a trio of suspected cult members arrested by the University Cadets Peace Corps.
When many of the students kicked over what they saw as insensitivity on the part of the university authorities, which had insisted that examinations must continue as scheduled the morning after the violence, their leaders addressed them in an emergency congress at the Students Union Building (SUB).
President of UNADSU, Mr. Olalekan Shittu, told the students that they were not going to write examinations, at least on Wednesday, because many students were unsettled following the fearful event of Tuesday night. “We have made it clear to the authorities that students are yet to come out of the trauma of the cultists’ clash.” He wondered what would be the fate of the undisclosed number of innocent students he said were injured in the fracas. “Innocent students should not be made to suffer for what they know nothing about,” Shittu submitted.
The Registrar of the institution, Dr. Omojola Awosusi, had maintained on Wednesday in a telephone interview with journalists that the university had not postponed the examinations, and insisted that the first semester examinations would continue on Thursday.
It was gathered from students who wished not to be named that the first gunshot was heard at about 7:42 pm on Tuesday. They alleged that a member of the Eiye Confraternity was brutalised by members of Black Axe earlier in the day over what none of them could place hands on and the former group took their revenge late in the evening. “The unfortunate thing is that we have been without electricity for a while and most students studying for the ongoing examinations leave their residences at Satellite and Osekita areas for where there is electricity. So, when the shooting began, we scampered in various directions in the darkness and many of us were seriously injured in the process,” they stated.
“One female student fainted when the sporadic shooting would not stop. She was taken to their home in town. It was only this morning that those who fell in an uncompleted soak-away pit when they were running in the darkness were helped out of the huge hole. Some of them have fractures but all of them have injuries,” the students recounted. They said those found in the uncompleted septic tank were six female and four male students.
They also alleged that an unnamed member of the student cadet corps, who form an integral part of the security system of the institution, was attacked by the cultists with machetes and was seriously injured.
The Commanding Officer of the Campus Cadets, Mr. Babafemi Dahunsi confirmed that a member of his corps was attacked with machete by the gang members but chose not to name him and the hospital where he said he was receiving treatment. “You know, I still cannot say why he was attacked. So, I’d like to keep the name of the hospital and where it is for his security,” Dahunsi stated. On the number of those injured, he said he had no figure, adding “I can’t even imagine what might have happened among the cultists and I’m sure they would keep their members away, dead or alive, at all costs.”
Dahunsi said those that were arrested by the cadet corps and paraded were cultists. “One of them was carrying a double barrel gun, one had a shot gun while the third one was carrying bullets for the guns,” he alleged. To forestall further attack on members of his corps, he said “we now move together and stay together because if those guys could go on a shooting spree for about 45 minutes without hindrance, then anything can happen.
There is presence of armed plain clothed security personnel on the campus on Wednesday. However, on enquiry, the students lamented that when policemen eventually arrived in the campus, “they started shooting right from the gate which is far away from the scene of the incident.” They queried, “Is that not a signal to the gangs that they had arrived and that they should run away?”
The Public Relations Officer of the Ekiti State police command, Mr. Mohammed Jimoh, when asked about the incident, said two of the gang members were arrested by men of the command, pointing out that the situation had been contained while investigations were on. The students however said that they handed over the three men they arrested to the State Security Service (SSS).
But the worries of the majority of the students were not over whether arrests could be made or not. They are afraid of what comes after they had reported crimes and sundry acts and such suspects were taken away. “Our major fear is sustained insecurity on the campus and the non-challance of the relevant authorities,” some of the students stated.
“We know those causing problems on the campus. They are our neighbours, classmates, friends and are in our faculties, departments and so on. But when we report them to the authorities, the next few days, they’re back on campus. They even come to you with renewed threats and say things like: ‘so you went and reported me?” the students lamented.
According to them, “there are almost daily occurrences of robberies, especially of mobile phones and other handy property. People will just corner you somewhere and take away your property under the threat of knives and other arms.”
Christians in the university have, however, taken the battle to the spiritual realm, seeking the face of God in all that concern them and the institution. The largest fellowship in UNAD, the University Christian Association Ado Ekiti (UCAAD), led by Pastor Isaac Adubazi, even staged a peaceful march round the university same Wednesday to create awareness on the state of insecurity. Transportation and other activities were disrupted all through the one hour the march lasted.
The return of deadly gangs has thrown light on many other issues bedevilling the university. Students said the last time they witnessed cultists’ war was in 2007 and wondered what had gone wrong. However, the Public Relations Officer of the university, Mr. Olubunmi Ajibade, said he was sure that normalcy had returned to the university.
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