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Emergency Rule: Punch Editorial went overboard – CRP
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A grassroot social political organisation, Concerned Rivers People, CRP has carpeted the Punch Editorial of April 15, 2025, declaring that it went overboard.
This was contained in a statement issued and signed by .Alex Nwogu ,Public Relations Officer of the Concerned Rivers People declaring that:
“Our attention has been drawn to an editorial in today’s Punch Newspaper, under normal circumstances, we could have ignored it but the narrative captured in the said editorial are misleading.
“It’s difficult to believe that the Editorial team did not do a thorough investigation that’s always associated with it before the said publication as structures of governance are set aside under Emergency Rule.
“The Sole Administrator is in place because of the State of Emergency. How is he expected to work with officials of the suspended Administration.
“Before then the Supreme Court had voided the Local Government Election that brought the sacked Council Chairmen.
The question that the Editorial failed to address is; are those appointed from Akwa Ibom or Abia State?
“Or better still are they from anywhere close to Lagos or Ogun State? This the editorial adequately failed to thrash out.
“Again, from what purview is Punch trying to create an impression that there’s a hidden agenda in the whole arrangement in Rivers State?
“An Emergency Rule is simply:”an urgent, unexpected, and usually dangerous situation that poses an immediate risk to health, life, property, or environment and requires immediate action.
“The Sole Administrator has six months to bring about peace, reconcile aggrieved parties and ensured that residents life and property are secured.
“In what way has the Sole Administrator violated any of the rules as his first mission in Rivers State is to troubleshoot which he has been doing immediately he assumed office.
“The job of the Sole Administrator is to go to areas that there are troubles in Rivers and shoot at the trouble to bring about peace.
“The local government was one heavily troubled area and to bring about peace he appointed fresh administrators to peacefully run the affairs of the councils.
“Calling for the reinstatement of the suspended governor was the climax smirking that all is not well with the Editorial.
“Siminalayi Fubara was the purveyor and advocate of all that has transpired in Rivers State calling for his reinstatement barely two months after he was suspended creates a very wrong impression about the Editorial.
“CRP is demanding that the Punch Editorial should be reviewed and all necessary avenues should be explored to get the right information before jumping to press.
“It is not a healthy development for journalism that such an editorial should emanate from a reputable newspaper like Punch without weighing it from all angles.
By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
Suspected bandits have kidnapped retired Major General Rabe Abubakar, former Director of Defence Information, and his wife on Matazu Road in Katsina State.
Security sources told PRNigeria that the couple was ambushed on Saturday morning, May 30, 2026, while travelling in a red Peugeot 504 saloon car.
The gunmen intercepted the vehicle and whisked the retired officer and his wife to an unknown location.
The driver escaped with gunshot wounds and is receiving treatment at a nearby hospital, a security source said.
The former DDI and his wife were waylaid by armed men on the route. The driver escaped with gunshot injuries and is receiving medical attention,” the source stated.
Security forces have launched search-and-rescue operations and deployed intelligence assets to track the abductors, according to the source. Official confirmation from the military was still pending at press time.
—Rising concern in Katsina—
The abduction comes amid persistent insecurity in parts of Katsina despite ongoing military operations against bandit groups in the North-West.
In recent years, several serving and retired security personnel have been targeted on highways linking Katsina to neighbouring states. PRNigeria reports that criminal groups now see high-profile individuals, including retired military officers, as lucrative targets.
Maj-Gen Abubakar served as Director of Defence Information and was one of the Nigerian military’s most visible spokespersons during the counterinsurgency campaign against Boko Haram.
The incident is expected to renew calls for stronger security along major highways and rural communities in Katsina, where residents continue to face kidnapping and banditry.
Credit :PRNigeria
Abia State Police Command has nabbed two suspects for conspiracy, attempted child theft and possession of hard drugs.
The Command which made this known on Saturday, named the suspects as Nzubechi Chinagorom and Chinonso Chibundu, indigenes of Olokoro, Umuahia South LGA of the Abia State.
In a statement signed by DSP Maureen Chinaka, the Police Public Relations Officer, the Command said its officers apprehended the suspects through actionable intelligence, in collaboration with Olokoro vigilante personnel.
She stated that the suspects went to the residence of one Miss Amarachi Chinyereugo and attempted to forcibly take away her two-week-old baby girl.
DSP Chinaka said that the Nzubechi Chinagorom allegedly stabbed the nursing mother with a kitchen knife during a struggle, causing the baby to fall and hit her head on ground.
The police spokesperson said that the two suspects fled from the scene and ran into a nearby bush on realizing that the nursing mother, Miss Amarachi Chinyereugo cried out for help.
She added that the suspects were later apprehended at a bus stop
where they had reportedly gone to take hard drugs.
“The mother and child were immediately rushed to the hospital, where they received treatment and have since recovered.
“The suspects were apprehended, exhibits were recovered and investigation has been conducted at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID). Suspects will be charged to court on 2/06/2026,” Chinaka said.
Ex-Minister of Labour and Productivity, SellJoel Ikenya, has been declared winner of the governorship primaries conducted by the Tanimu Turaki-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Taraba State.
Mr Felix Hyat, the chairman of the election committee, who announced the results in Jalingo on Saturday, said Ikenya scored 34,173, to defeat Mr Dinshiya Usman, who polled 4,853.
Hyat, who described the exercise as free, fair and transparent, commended the state working committee of the party for the peaceful conduct.
Ikenya, in his acceptance speech, pledged to revive Taraba to her days of glory if elected governor in 2027.
“I will transform Taraba; I will change the state from salary base, to an industrialised state.
“My desire is to also revive the state infrastructure and attract more investors to boost the economy,” he said.
The governorship candidate, however, denied the allegations of factional PDP in Taraba.
“There is no factional PDP in Taraba; I don’t know where the other people are coming from.
“PDP in Taraba is one, and we do not have any faction in the state. We are working as one united family to reclaim our mandate from Gov. Agbu Kefas of the All Progressives Congress (APC),” he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that, the Nyesom Wike led faction of the party had recently declared senator Emmanuel Bwacha as its governorship candidate in Taraba.
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