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Kankara Boys’ abduction, rescue, an enormous rip-off at our expense

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December 18, 2020

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*Says it’s time to rescue Nigeria from jokers

By Dapo Akinrefon

The Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, yesterday, urged Nigerians to rise above any premordial sentiments rescue the nation from what it described as a illness.

In an announcement by its Nationwide publicity secretary, Yinka Odumakin acknowledged that the latest abduction and rescue of the kankara faculty boys in Katsina State by bandits is a joke.

The assertion reads:”These who harbour any phantasm that one thing is left in this joke of a rustic known as Nigeria should have their eyes cleared after the kankara sensible joke of abduction of a whole bunch of faculty boys by Boko Haram bandits.

The tragedy was Chibok foreplay in 2014 which was a regime change platform however through which earlier lives had been concerned.

However with God along with his large sense of humour intact , the Chibok sensible joke was re-enacted a number of days again as President Buhari arrived Katsina and a whole bunch of kankara schoolboys had been kidnapped by Boko Haram in broad daylight and alongside navy routes like in Chibok.

This time round those that celebrated Chibok to the hilt in 2014 at the moment are in energy and fumbled like novice comedians in an enormous revelation that what is known as terror in Nigeria is most certainly an enormous rip-off being performed at our expense.

At a degree, presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu who on totally different events had given impression that he had by no means been too removed from the important thing room of Boko Haram advised what he regards a foolish nation that solely 10 boys had been kidnapped as towards 344 determine given by Governor Masari.A extra correct determine would have been given by this administration if their treasured cows had been those rustled.

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The peak of stupidity in governance was when it formally got here out that one other terror group known as Miyetti Allah was the entrance for negotiation confirming our suspicion that this authorities rolls with all that troubles this nation.

Even when the boys had been cheekily launched and there was official lie of rescue Governor Masari within the boldest official cowl – up for the fear enveloping Nigeria stated he wanted a 3rd occasion to inform him who kidnapped and launched them.

The US of America has requested what it errors for a authorities in Nigeria to carry the abductors accountable however we all know that might be the eighth surprise of the world.The Military, who went after peaceable protesters in Lekki and killed mercilessly, won’t go after these Fulani terrorists.

We in Afenifere are in severe ache that we’re known as fellow Nigerians with some folks at this unhappy interval when human lives have been made to be completely nugatory formally. We’re not doubtful that the lives of those boys should have been used to swipe the cardboard as soon as once more and extra money shall be accessible to terrorise Nigerians.

We name on all Nigerians, particularly the enlightened north to rise and communicate up at this mad season as we will’t proceed to permit this sensible joke to roll over us. It’s time to rescue Nigeria from this illness and we should rise above any premordial sentiments.”

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We’re not at present recruiting, EFCC says, disclaims pretend recruitment letter, portal

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January 17, 2021

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We are not currently recruiting, EFCC says, disclaims fake recruitment letter, portal

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The Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC) has alerted the general public to pay attention to a pretend recruitment kind, circulating on social media, warning that the fee was at present not recruiting.

“Scammers bent on defrauding hapless job seekers, have been lively within the social media, offering hyperlink for unsuspecting members of the general public searching for employment into the fee,” Wilson Uwujaren, EFCC spokesman, mentioned in a press release issued on Saturday, in Ilorin.

A press launch he signed and made out there to the Information Company of Nigeria (NAN), cited the purported recruitment kind as having the heading: “EFCC Recruitment Type 2021/2022 and Tips Type and apply for the continuing EFCC recruitment 2021”.

He mentioned that fraudsters have additionally been circulating cast provide of employment letters, purporting similar to be from the EFCC, and extorting members of the general public, stressing that the general public ought to observe there was at present no ongoing recruitment on the EFCC.

Uwujaren mentioned that the purported ‘EFCC Recruitment Type 2021’, in addition to the ‘Official Recruitment Portal’ and ‘Provide of Employment Letters’, are non-existent.

“For the avoidance of doubt, recruitment into the EFCC is a structured, clear, and merit-driven course of which is at all times closely marketed by way of the media.

“Additionally, by way of the fee’s social media platforms. It’s extremely automated, with no place for the so-called employment kind,” he mentioned.

Uwujaren mentioned that the anti-graft physique was on the path of the scammers and no efforts could be spared to deliver them to justice.

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No proof of homicide plot in Capitol assault ― US Justice

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January 17, 2021

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US Justice Division investigators say they haven’t discovered any proof but that the rioters who ransacked the US Capitol final week supposed to seize and kill any lawmakers.

In an Arizona courtroom submitting on Friday within the case of Jacob Chansley, federal prosecutors took again an earlier assertion that supporters of President Donald Trump deliberate to “seize and assassinate elected officers” within the January 6 siege of the US legislature.

The declare was made in arguments to forestall the courtroom from granting bail to Chansley, aka Jake Angeli, seen worldwide in images bare-shirted sporting a horned headdress and carrying a spear contained in the Capitol.

However on Friday the Arizona prosecutors withdrew that declare because the Justice Division mentioned that, regardless of calls in the course of the assault to seize sure lawmakers and to kill Vice President Mike Pence, no proof had been discovered but to help any critical effort to take action.

“There isn’t any direct proof at this level of kill-capture groups and assassination,” Michael Sherwin, the federal district lawyer for Washington DC who’s overseeing the investigation of the Capitol assault, instructed reporters Friday.

However, the US Capitol remained on heavy lockdown Saturday forward of the January 20 inauguration of Joe Biden as president, with safety officers apprehensive of doubtless violent assaults on the occasion.

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US says ‘deeply troubled’ by stories of violence, irregularities in Uganda ballot

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January 17, 2021

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The US State Division stated Saturday it’s “deeply troubled” by stories of violence and irregularities surrounding Uganda’s presidential election, which noticed Yoweri Museveni win a sixth time period in workplace.

“The Ugandan individuals turned out to vote in multiparty nationwide elections on January 14 regardless of an setting of intimidation and concern,” division spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus stated in an announcement.

“We’re deeply troubled by the numerous credible stories of safety pressure violence in the course of the pre-election interval and election irregularities in the course of the polls,” she stated.

Museveni prolonged his 35-year rule after an election which his foremost rival stated was marred by fraud.

He was accused of crushing the opposition and media forward of one of the vital violent election campaigns lately, which noticed the deaths of at the least 54 individuals.

Ortagus referred to as for “unbiased, credible, neutral and thorough investigations” into the stories of violence and fraud, and for these accountable to face justice.

She condemned assaults on political candidates, and stated the State Division is “gravely involved by harassment of and continued threats to civil society.”

Museveni gained with 58.6 per cent of the vote, seeing off a stiff battle from former ragga singer Bobi Wine.

Wine was below heavy guard at his residence on the outskirts of Kampala because the outcomes have been introduced, along with his social gathering saying he was below “efficient home arrest.”

The federal government stated it was merely offering him with safety.

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