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ON THE GO CCT chairman assaults security officer in Abuja, says ‘the guard was rude’ Danladi Umar, chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), who was caught on video physically assaulting a security man at Banex Plaza, Wuse 2, Abuja, says the guard was “rude”.Advertisement. Lagos council chairman impeached over ‘financial misappropriation’ Oladotun Olakanle, chairman of Onigbongbo local council development area (LCDA), has been impeached.Advertisement According to NAN, he was accused of misappropriating funds before he was removed from office on Tuesday.. Cable Foundation trains campus journalists on investigative reporting Cable Newspaper Journalism Foundation (CNJF) has organised a training for campus journalists on investigative reporting.Advertisement The workshop, which took place in Abuja on Monday and Tuesday, had students from seven. ....
•Buhari reaffirms shoot-on-sight order at AK-47-wielding criminals •2,403 insurgents killed since 2015 •Armed Forces working in Synergy, says Irabor Deji Elumoye in Abuja and Kemi Olaitan in Ibadan The federal government yesterday ruled out hiring mercenaries to fight the insurgency war, saying the country has enough personnel and resources to fight insecurity, especially with the reform of the armed forces by President Muhammadu Buhari. It also foreclosed negotiations with bandits and terrorists, 2,403 of who have been killed by security forces since 2015, contending that doing so could suggest weakness and incapacity on the part of the government. Buhari, who met behind closed doors with some traditional rulers, said he had given security chiefs marching orders to hunt down criminals, including shooting anyone found illegally bearing AK-47. ....
Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar (left); Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado-Bayero; Emir of Kazaure, Dr Najib Hussaini-Adamu; Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi and Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Achebe during their meeting with President Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja…yesterday. PHOTO: NAN • Restates order to shoot at sight anyone found with AK-47 • Banditry becoming too much, traditional rulers tell Buhari • We’ll not negotiate with insurgents, NSA says, rules out engagement of mercenaries Despite reassurances by government, the deteriorating state of security in the country, particularly in the northeast, is daily testing the might of security agencies. ....
Buhari justifies shoot-on-sight directive on AK-47 bearers Leke Baiyewu, Abuja Leke Baiyewu, Abuja Published 12 March 2021 The Presidency said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday, emphasised his marching order to security chiefs to go harder on criminals, including shooting anyone found illegally with AK-47. Buhari was quoted to have made the emphasis at a meeting with the National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria at the State House, co-chaired by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Abubakar III and the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi. This was contained in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, titled, ‘We Are Going to Be Harder on Criminals, President Buhari Tells Traditional Rulers…Restates Order that Anyone Found with AK-47 Illegally Be Shot.’ ....
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday emphasised that security chiefs had received marching orders to go harder on criminals, including shooting on sight of anyone found illegally with AK-47s. ....