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Kaduna Police Kill 21 Bandits …Arrest 780, Rescue 206 victims
Kaduna State Police Command has killed 21 armed bandits, arrested 780 suspected criminal elements, recovered 1,408 arms and ammunitions and rescued 206 kidnap victims.
The State Commissioner of Police, Yekini Ayoku, who disclosed this during the Command’s end-of-year Press Briefing, said the killings, arrests and recoveries were part of the Command’s achievements in the last nine months.
Ayoku disclosed that 116 of the 780 arrested suspects had been convicted, while 1,446 rustled livestock were recovered at different parts of the state within the period under review.
Ayoku, the 40th CP of the state command, said “upon assumption of duty as the Commissioner of Police, Kaduna State, on April 8, 2022, on the heels of the train attack of March 28 and the earlier security breach around the Kaduna International Airport, the need for urgent safeguard of commuters/road users, especially along Kaduna–Abuja expressway in the absence of a functional rail and commercial air operation, was considered paramount and imperative.
“With these challenges on the ground, there was thus no time to spare and I had to immediately and swiftly review and rejig existing architecture, crime-map the state, re-strategise and mobilise all operational, tactical and intelligence resources, and deploy same massively, cognisant of the crimes prevalent in the different parts of the state”.
He listed achievements of the command within the period under review to include: arrest of 780 suspected bandits and other criminal elements, and recovery of 1,408 arms and ammunitions”.
On the security preparation for the 2023 general elections, the CP warned politicians to avoid actions and conducts that are contrary to extant laws guiding the electoral process, adding that nobody would be spared in the determination of the police to enforce the laws.
“The outgoing year 2022 witnessed the commencement of political activities as the nation prepares for the 2023 general elections. The different political parties had their primaries to elect candidates for the various elective offices.
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The Rivers State Commissioner for Education, Dr. Peters Nwagor, has commended the orderly conduct of the ongoing 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination in the state and urged schools to sustain the standard.
Dr. Nwagor gave the commendation on Tuesday during a monitoring tour of selected secondary schools in Port Harcourt and environs where the WAEC exam is ongoing.
The commissioner, who was accompanied by directors and monitors from the Ministry of Education, said he was impressed with the peaceful atmosphere at the centres visited.
“The students conducted themselves properly and wrote their papers under conducive conditions. Invigilators and supervisors also performed their duties professionally,” he stated.
Nwagor noted that the Rivers State Government had invested heavily to ensure the smooth and credible conduct of the examination across the state
He urged candidates to reciprocate government’s effort by shunning all forms of examination malpractice and focusing on their studies.
“Government has done so much to ensure successful examinations in our schools. Students should take advantage of it by remaining focused,” the commissioner said.
While no case of malpractice was recorded in the centres inspected, Dr. Nwagor warned that any principal, teacher, invigilator, or official caught aiding malpractice would face strict sanctions in line with regulations.
He also commended school administrators, teachers, WAEC officials, and security personnel for upholding the integrity of the process.
Centres visited included County Grammar School, Ikwerre/Etche; Government Comprehensive Secondary School, Borokiri; Government Secondary School, Borokiri; and Pabod Model Secondary School.