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BREAKING: Court To Jail DSS Director-General Over Nnamdi Kanu

Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Court To Jail DSS Director-General Over Nnamdi Kanu

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has asked the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to jail the Director-General of the Department of State Services DSS.

The call came following a court decision that was supposed to allow the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu have maximum possible comfort while in custody.

The trial judge Justice Binta Nyako, who gave the order on Thursday also ordered the DSS to allow the Biafra agitator to have a change of clothes, give him medical attention and allow him practice his faith.

“The rule of law must be observed in all our dealings and we must impress it on the governments at all levels to actively toe the path,” HURIWA said.

“The right of every citizen against any form of oppression and impunity must be jealously guarded and protected with the legal tools at our disposal.

“All binding court orders must be obeyed. Nobody, irrespective of his or her position, will be allowed to toy with court judgments.

“Violation of a court order is serious, and you could find yourself paying dearly. Committing contempt can include both civil and criminal penalties, such as fines, attorney fees, reduced custody time, and even jail.

“The continuous refusal of the DSS to abide by the rules of the court is regarded as simply as CONTEMPT OF COURT”

HURIWA strongly canvassed that the court does the needful by sending the head of the DSS to jail for treating the order of the Competent court of law with contempt and absolute disrespect.

Yusuf Magaji Bichi was appointed September 18, 2018, as the Director-General of the State Security Service (DG-SSS).

DSS Director-General

BREAKING: Katsina’s Commissioner Murdered By Gunmen

Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Katsina’s Commissioner Murdered By Gunmen

The Katsina State Commissioner for Science and Technology, Dr Rabe Nasir, has been assassinated.

According to Century Chronicle, the commissioner was assassinated in his residence located at Fatima Shema Housing Estate in the Katsina metropolis.

A family source said security personnel had taken over the residence.

“He was shot after prayer in his residence here in Fatima Shema Estate. The body of the slain commissioner is still inside the residence,” the source said.

Dr Nasir was educated at the University of Abuja, University of Kansas Lawrence, Bayero University Kano, and Government Secondary School Giwa, Kaduna State.

He worked with the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFFC).

He was also a member of the House of Representatives between 2007 to 2011 representing the Mani/Bindawa federal constituency.

I Can’t Handle Evil Confronting Nigeria Alone, Says Buhari

Buhari says I Can’t Handle Evil Confronting Nigeria Alone

President Muhammadu Buhari says the quantum of adversity his regime is confronting can only be surmounted with the assistance of all Nigerians.

Mr Buhari made this assertion while reacting to the gruesome attacks on innocent travellers in Sokoto State.

No fewer than 30 travellers were burnt inside a bus travelling through Sokoto by bandits after they were ambushed Tuesday night.

“I am very distressed at the manner of death visited on these hapless citizens who were undertaking a legitimate journey to another part of the country.

“It shows that the evil this administration is confronting is one that requires the support and involvement of all Nigerians,” Mr Buhari was quoted to have said by his media aide, Femi Adesina, in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja.

The president extended deep condolences to the families of the victims, assuring that security agencies would continue to give their all to bring to an end the operations of the despicable people.

(NAN)

Raid on Justice Mary Odili: Enough Is Enough, CJN Blows Hot

Following the Raid on Justice Mary Odili, CJN says Enough Is Enough

The Chief Justice of Nigeria(CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammad said the judiciary will henceforth resist any attempt by any individual, institution or agency of government to oppress, supress and intimidate any judicial officer in the country.

Why warning that judges are not conquered species , the CJN said the judiciary will no longer take any such embarrassment and harrassment of judicial officers by anybody irrespective of his or her status or position in the country.

The CJN who made reference to the invasion of the official residence of Justice Mary Odili of the Supreme Court, by some security operatives, warned that the silence of the judiciary should never be mistaken for stupidity or weakness.

He noted that judicial officers by the nature of their work are conservative”but not conquered species and should not be pushed further than this by any individual, institution or agency of the government.”

Justice Muhammad issued the warning Wednesday at the inauguration of 72 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria at the Supreme Court complex.

The CJN said henceforth, every search or arrest warrant on any judicial officer must be issued with the knowledge and approval of the Chief Judge of the respective state/Federal High Court, as the case may be.

His words: “Still on a very sad note, I must say, we are jolted with embarrassing news of the invasion of the official residence of one of our brother Justices, Hon. Justice Mary Peter Odili, on Friday October 29, 2021, by men suspected to be security operatives, acting on a search warrant purportedly obtained from an Abuja Magistrate’s Court under questionable circumstances.

I must make it known to all and sundry that we have had enough dosage of such embarrasments and harassments of our judicial officers across the country and we can no longer take any of such shenanigans. The silence of the judiciary should never be mistaken for stupidity or weakness. By the nature of our work, we are conservative but not conquered species and should not be pushed further than this by any individual, institution or agency of the government.

“With time, those taking the judiciary as a mere weakling will soon realise that it is from the calmest seas we often experience the fiercest storms. The time to oppress, suppress and intimidate judicial officers is gone.

” No one, irrespective of his or her status or position in the country, should test our will because the consequence of such unwarranted provocation will be too dire to bear. We shall begin to resist any clandestine attempt to silence or ridicule us to oblivion. Nigeria, to the best of my knowledge, is not a lawless society.

“We should begin to do things that will project us favourably and rightly, too, to the International community. No law permits anyone to invade, subdue or overawe any Nigerian citizen in his or her residence with a flimsy, fraudulently obtained search warrant. We are making efforts now to ensure that henceforth, every search or arrest warrant must be issued with the knowledge and approval of the Chief Judge of the respective State/ Federal High Court, as the may be.

Raid on Justice Mary

JUST IN:  Chief Of Defence Staff Helicopter Crashes

Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Chief Of Defence Staff Helicopter Crashes

An army chopper carrying Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat and 13 others crashed today in Tamil Nadu, the Indian Air Force said.

Five bodies have been found from the crash site and four have been taken to hospital with severe burn injuries. More details are not known so far.

General Rawat’s wife, his Defence Assistant, security commandos and Indian Air Force personnel were reportedly among the 14 on board.

The Indian Air Force confirmed in a tweet that the Chief of Defence Staff was on the flight. He had taken a flight from Delhi to Sulur earlier today and that flight manifest had listed nine people.

“An IAF Mi-17V5 helicopter, with CDS Gen Bipin Rawat on board, met with an accident today near Coonoor, Tamil Nadu. An Inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the cause of the accident.”

The crash took place in the Nilgiris shortly after the Mi-series chopper took off from the army base in Sulur in Coimbatore.

The chopper was heading to the Defence Staff Services College in Wellington in the Nilgiris.

The crash was first reported around 12.20 pm. The defence establishment learnt of the incident from villagers of Katteri who informed the district administration.

Visuals showed the wreckage scattered on a steep hillside and rescuers at work, struggling through thick smoke and fire and uprooted trees. Charred bodies were pulled out by locals and policemen.

General Rawat, 63, took charge as India’s first Chief of Defence Staff in January 2019. The position was set up with the aim of integrating the three services – the Army, the Navy and the Air Force. The “CDS” is the pivot of the modernisation of the defence forces.

He was later also appointed the head of the newly-created Department of Military Affairs.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will brief parliament about the crash.

Helicopter Crashes

Boko Haram Releases Photos Of Abducted Policeman, Civil Servants

Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Boko Haram Releases Photos Of Abducted Policeman, Civil Servants

The Islamic State faction of the Boko Haram terrorists has released photos in which they paraded three out of those abducted by the group along Chibok-Damboa road in Borno State.

The group had last week abducted some staff members of the Borno State Ministry of Works at Wovi village.

The abductees were supervising the 45-kilometre road, before the insurgents took them, along with three laterite and sand-carrying trucks and a Hilux vehicle into the Sambisa Forest.

Meanwhile, one of the staff was able to escape unhurt.

The terror group during the week released different pictures of how the abduction took place.

It also released pictures of a police officer, and two other abductees.

Since the death of factional leader, Abubakar Shekau, ISWAP has been consolidating its grip in locations around the Lake Chad.

Just recently, it appointed Wali Sani Shuwaram, a 45-year-old as the new Leader (Wali) of ISWAP in Lake Chad.

The sect’s membership has swollen with the defection of hundreds of Boko Haram fighters under Shekau.

The Nigerian Army has repeatedly claimed that insurgency had been largely defeated and frequently underplays any losses.

The terror group has caused over 50,000 deaths and displaced millions of individuals mainly in Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe states.

Boko Haram Releases Photos

How DSS Took Nnamdi Kanu’s Blood Sample 21 Times

Information reaching Ibom Focus DSS Took Nnamdi Kanu’s Blood Sample 21 Times

Prince Kanu, younger brother to the leEXPOSED the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has alleged that the operatives of the Department of State Service (DSS) have withdrawn food from his detained brother in their custody.

Kanu is currently detained in the facility of the DSS on the order of Justice Binta Nyako-led Federal High Court in Abuja on the treasonable felony charges preferred against him by the Nigerian government.

However, Prince revealed the alleged sufferings the DSS subjected his brother to after his visit to him on Monday.

In a Twitter post, Prince also mentioned that Kanu had also been denied his medical report, despite his blood samples taken 21 times.

Prince was on a routine visit to the detained separatist leader.

The pro-Biafra leader regretted the action of the DSS despite several court pronouncements ordering the Nigerian government to make available to him the medical report.

The statement by the younger brother partly read, “Just visited the Alpha Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, at the Department of State Security Services Abuja. During my interaction with him, he told me that he has been denied food since yesterday.

“As if that wasn’t enough, DSS had also denied him his medical report after taking his blood for more than 21 times. They have continuously disobeyed all the court orders.”

In the same post, the Special Counsel to Kanu, Aloy Ejimakor, also condemned the dastardly action of the secret police for treating his client inhumanely.

Ejimakor wrote, “Starvation of a detainee is an act of TORTURE. It’s illegal and immoral to boot. Any nation that condones it has diminished its sovereign right of incarceration.”

Nnamdi Kanu’s Blood Sample

FULL LIST: Buhari Executing 60 Projects In South East – Presidency

Presidency says Buhari Executing 60 Projects In South East

The Special Assistant to the President on Political Affairs in the Office of the Vice President Mr Gambo Manzo, says President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has over 60 verifiable projects across the five states of the South East.

Manzo stated this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, in which he listed some of the projects including those completed and ongoing as federal roads and a bridge in the five states of the zone.

He said, “An overview of the projects includes the construction of Ihiala-Orlu Road in Isseke Town-Amafuo-Ulli with Spur (Ihiala-Orlu-Umuduru Section) in Anambra and the construction of Oseakwa Bridge in Anambra.

“Another project is the Anambra/Imo Border-Ibinta-Okigwe Road; the rehabilitation of Abakaliki-Afikpo Road Sections I and II in Ebonyi. The rehabilitation of sections 1 to 4 of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway and the rehabilitation of Oba-Nnewi-Okigwe Road Route Section II.

“There is also the rehabilitation of Old Enugu-Port harcourt Road (Agbogugu-Abia Border Spur to Mmaku); rehabilitation of Nsukka-Obollo-Ikem-Ehamufu-Nkalagu Road in Enugu; rehabilitation of Owerri-Umuahia Road Sections I, II & III Imo/Abia and rehabilitation of Oba-Nnewi-Okigwe Road.

“There is also the rehabilitation of section II: Anambra/Imo States Border-Ibinta-Okigwe Road; rehabilitation of Bende-Arochukwu-Ohafia Road Section I in Abia, reconstruction of the Runway of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, following President Buhari’s approval of a N10 billion special intervention fund in 2019. Work ongoing on the upgrade of the International Terminal Building,” he said.

Manzo added that “the projects also include the N200 billion Second Niger Bridge, comprising the Main Bridge across the River Niger, and 10km of a six-lane expressway in Onitsha and Asaba, scheduled for completion in 2022.

“Under President Buhari’s Executive Order 7 (the Road Infrastructure Tax Credit Scheme) signed in 2019. MTN Nigeria has recently announced its intention to reconstruct the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway. The MTN Board has approved the company’s participation in the scheme.

“The N362.5 billion raised in Sovereign Sukuk Bonds since 2017 has been shared equally across the six geopolitical zones – which means that a little over N60 billion has been allocated to the South East,” he said.

Manzo said the president was committed to completing all the ongoing projects in the South East and called on the good people of the zone to support the administration in its efforts to rebuild the area.

Buhari Executing 60 Projects