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Chiefs Raise Alarm Over Threat To Peace
The people of Rundele Kingdom in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State have alerted the state government and the security agencies over the alleged nefarious activities of one Great Ogbuagwu Owhor in the community.
The community, which said this at a press briefing in Port Harcourt also condemned the incessant harassment of Rundele traditional rulers by the Nigeria police.
The text for the briefing which was read by HRH Eze Sir Gideon A.O. Omodu, described Great Ogbuagwu Owhor as a security risk to Rundele Kingdom, Rivers State and the entire Nigeria.
According to the community, “the briefing was to alert the Rivers State Government and the world at large of the nefarious activities of one Great Ogbuagwu Owhor. He is a security risk to Rundele, Rivers State and Nigeria,” they said.
“To request the Nigeria police to arrest and charge him for false information”.
The community also noted that since Great Ogbuagwu Owhor had no fixed address in Nigeria and abroad, it behoves the Nigerian police through Interpol to cause his arrest and repatriation to Nigeria to face the criminal charges against him.
They also urged the Inspector General of Police to stop the arrest and harassment of Rundele traditional rulers and its eminent sons, who had restored peace and security in Rundele and the Ndele axis of the East-West Road.
“The Nigeria police should accord the Rundele traditional rulers the respect given to other traditional rulers in Nigeria.”
Also speaking, former secretary and head of service to the state government in the old Rivers State, Chief Sampson Agbaru, decried the continuous harassment of traditional rulers in the community by the police.
All efforts to reach Great Ogbuagwu Owhor proved abortive as all his phone lines were switched off.
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Delta Attorney-General Laments Hike In Human Trafficking
Delta State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Ekemejero Ohwovoriole (SAN) has lamented the increasing rate of human trafficking, especially the girl child in the state.
Ohwovoriole decried the increase in his office in Asaba when the zonal commander of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Mr Nduka Nwawenne paid him a courtesy visit.
The Attorney-General stated that it was against the dignity of the state and disheartening to see that Delta State now ranked first in human trafficking, overtaking Edo State.
He stressed the need for stakeholders to tackle the menace, adding that if it was one single victim that was rescued, they would be rewarded for their efforts.
Ohwovoriole stated that young girls were the most vulnerable ones in the issue of human trafficking, stressing that children from poor family backgrounds also fall victim to human trafficking.
While saying that their request for an office space in the state would be looked into, to see how the government could be of assistance to them, he assured them of his ministry’s partnership in the fight against human trafficking.
He said that the Task Force on human trafficking and irregular migration, which he chairs, should be having regular meetings.
Earlier, the Zonal Commander of Naptip, Mr. Nwawenne informed the commissioner that Delta state had overtaken Edo state as the foremost state in human trafficking in nigeria.
He told the Attorney-General that their Zonal Command was the first to be established in Nigeria because of the prevailing issues of human trafficking in the area, noting that ika south was the highest in cases of human trafficking as a result of its proximity with edo state.
Nwawenne appealed to the Commissioner and the State Government to provide office accommodation for their officials to operate in Asaba.
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Army Arrests 50 Foreigners, Others For Job Racketeering
The Nigerian Army said it has arrested 50 suspects, including foreigners, for alleged international job racketeering in Lagos.
The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, who addressed journalists in Abuja, on Wednesday, said the suspects were arrested during an operation jointly conducted by the Army and the Nigeria Immigration Service.
He also disclosed that no fewer than 13 criminals were killed and 88 arrested during various operations across 20 states of the federation.
Among those arrested include 50 suspects comprising foreigners who were nabbed for alleged International job racketeering.
Onyema said, “In the South-West region, on November 2, 2023, troops of 9 Brigade Nigerian Army in conjunction with personnel of Nigerian Immigration Service, Lagos State Command, conducted a raid operation on a suspected criminal hideout at Ifako Ijaye.
“During the operation, 50 suspects, including foreigners who specialise in international job racketeering, were arrested. In a similar development same day, the same troops arrested two suspects at a hotel in Ogba in the Ikeja LGA.
“The arrest was in connection with the murder of one Mallam Idris Ardo, the Ardo of Panya Village in Plateau State. Preliminary investigation revealed that one of the arrested suspects masterminded the killing of Ardo and fled the community since the incident occurred.”
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