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Breaking: Facts of meeting of security chiefs after Tinubu’s order on crackdown of nationwide protests

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3 months ago

August 6, 2024

The facts of the meeting of security chiefs across all structures on the ongoing nationwide protest has emerged.

The meeting, held at the Defence Headquarters, was attended by the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, and other heads of security agencies.

According to Gen. Musa, the military and security agencies are working together to identify and bring to justice those behind the call for regime change.

He said that the military is committed to protecting the country and its citizens, and will only take action against those who pose a threat to national security.

“I want to appreciate Nigerians for their understanding, for their commitment to upholding law and order.

“We have had issues in the past few days, but you can see that people have seen reason for us not to continue with the destruction, to stop the looting, to stop giving opportunities for others to subvert our nation and to destroy our nation.

“They have also seen reasons to join hands together with the security forces to make Nigeria better.

“We want to assure them we on this side that we are fully committed to Nigeria, we love the country, we are mindful of the fact that we have been equipped and so we are duty bound to protect the country.

“We are only after those that are against the states, not those that are innocent.

“So I want to make that very clear, and we will continue to work together as a team to support Mr President in achieving his mandate of peace and tranquility in our dear country, Nigeria,” he said.

On his part, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja said the army is committed to combating protests and riots.

“I checked the number of patrols that troops conduct, the number of ambushes that are undertaken on daily basis, the number of violent insurgents that have been eliminated, incapacitated, and other indices, and it has not dropped by whatever measure.

“Also, we have continued to expand the frontier of peace and security in Borno State.

“Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are being returned back to Kukawa and some other places as I speak to you, which are indices of return to peace and stability.

“So the troops are not relenting in their operational commitment in the field on our contingency plan in the event that the situation degenerates.

“I want to also assure you that our estimates looking into the future suggest that the situation will not degenerate, but we need cooperation of every stakeholder in Nigeria to achieve that,” he said.

The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Adm. Emmanuel Ogalla, and the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, also reiterated their commitment to ensuring safety and security in their respective domains.

The security chiefs called for collaboration and cooperation from all stakeholders to achieve national unity and cohesion. They said that the military is people-centric and not interested in harming innocent citizens, but will take action against those who cross the line.

The joint news conference was attended by various heads of security agencies, including the Inspector-General of Police and representatives from the Department of State Service, Nigeria Customs Service, Nigeria Immigration Service, and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.

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Bury the thought, it’s not your destiny to be president – Wike’s Aide carpets Atiku

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32 minutes ago

November 15, 2024

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Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media to Federal Capital Territory FCT Minister, Lere Olayinka, has told former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar to jettison his ambition to govern the country in 2027, saying the 2023 Peoples Democratic Party PDP presidential candidate was not destined to rule the country.

Olayinka in a statement in Abuja yesterday, said “The PDP presidential ticket will no longer be available to be wasted by serial betrayals of the party, who are obviously suffering the consequences of their past sins against the party and its members”.

Insisting that Atiku should perish the thought of contesting the 2027 presidential election as candidate of the PDP, Olayinka said “Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and those egging him on for their benefits should let the PDP breathe.”

FCT Minister, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike had said during a live media parley in his office in Abuja on Wednesday that there would be no chance for Atiku, who was the 2023 Presidential candidate of the PDP to secure the party’s ticket in 2027.

Reacting through his Media Aide, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku had alluded to his defeat of Wike to pick the 2023 PDP presidential ticket as well as the former governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, to emerge as the candidate in 2019.

However, in a statement yesterday, Olayinka, said Atiku’s “celebration of his narrow and fraudulent defeat of Wike in the 2022 PDP primary was funny and childish”, adding that “it is like Arsenal fans jumping to the rooftops to celebrate the club’s narrow defeat of Super Falcons.”

He said: “That Atiku is venerating himself for contesting PDP ticket with Wike and Tambuwal, people who were just a little above 25 as of 1993, when he contested the Social Democratic Party SDP presidential primary and came third, is the more reason he needs to go home and rest and stop acting like the proverbial cock that failed to realize that it is now elderly.”

Describing Atiku as someone not destined to be president of Nigeria, Olayinka said; “It is obvious that he (Atiku) is paying the price of betraying the PDP in 2003, 2007 and 2014. If not, the same presidency he has contested twice and lost, could have been his to just pick if he had avoided being inordinately ambitious while he was Vice President.”

“It was this desperation that made him to contest for president as candidate of Action Congress in 2007, while still serving as Vice President, elected under the platform of the PDP. A serving Vice President joining others to form another party and contesting as candidate of the new party against his own party.

That’s Alhaji Atiku Abubakar!

“Most importantly, Atiku’s conscience will continue to prick him on his roles in Lagos in 2023, and I am sure that even his apology to PDP members in 2018 can never remove from his body, that garment of betrayal.
“Therefore, it is again being sounded to his ears and those of the people lying to him that he is the only one who can win the presidency for the PDP that the ticket of the party will not be for someone like him, who will lose election and run to Dubai, only to come back two years to another election”, Olayinka added

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Confusion As ‘Baltasar Engonga’ was cornered and fl0gged by husbands of the women he sl3eps with

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38 minutes ago

November 15, 2024

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A man dubbed Zimbabwe’s own “Baltasar” faced violent retribution from a group of enraged husbands after being accused of having affairs with their wives.

In a video shared by Crimewatch Zimbabwe on X (formerly Twitter), several men from the Mapostori sect were seen beating the man, holding him down while others struck him with what appeared to be rubber sticks.

The video, recorded by a witness and later posted on social media, shows the men interrogating him. At one point, one of the attackers questions, “How many women have you slept with, and why did you do it?” Reports indicate that the man allegedly engaged in these relationships after some women claimed their husbands were not satisfying them.

Social media reactions were swift, with users tagging the police to intervene and arrest the men involved in the assault. Many viewers expressed shock, noting a recent rise in arrests related to assaults on cheating partners and their spouses.