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Gov. Lawal appoints Gumi as chairman of security trust fund
Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal has approved the appointment of retired Brigadier General Abdulkadir Gumi as the acting chairman of the esteemed Security Trust Fund Board of Trustees.
This development was publicly disclosed through a formal statement by Abubakar Nakwada, the Secretary to the Zamfara State Government, on Sunday in Gusau, according to NAN.
Mr Nakwada said: “The appointment takes immediate effect.”
Mr Gumi is the brother of Sheikh Ahmed Gumi, a prominent Islamic figure often embroiled in controversy.
He has military having previously served as Director of Legal Services in the Nigerian Army.
Mr Gumi’s appointment followed the resignation of the former Inspector-General of Police, M.D. Abubakar (rtd), the pioneer board chairman of the fund.
The fund was established by Mr Lawal shortly after
assuming office to mobilise resources to support security agencies in the fight against banditry and kidnapping in Zamfara.
Mr Nakwada said Mr Lawal approved Mr Gumi’s appointment based on his credentials as well as the quality leadership he exhibited while in active military service.
According to him, Mr Lawal is confident that under Mr Gumi’s leadership, the Security Trust Fund Board of Trustees will realise its central mission of mobilising resources to strengthen the state security architecture.
“His Excellency extends his best wishes to Brig.-Gen. Abubakar Gumi (rtd) in his new role and urges all relevant stakeholders to fully support him in realising the goals of the Board.
“The Board is expected to now begin delivering on its mandate to strengthen the security framework and support our security forces in the fight against banditry and other criminalities in all parts of Zamfara state,” Mr Nakwada said.
Famous American actor, Denzel Washington has revealed he has Nigerian ancestry.
The ‘Gladiator II’ actor disclosed that his heritage test shows that he is 90 per cent Irish and 10 per cent Nigerian.
Washington spoke in a recent interview with British-Nigerian media personality, Ada Enechi.
“I am 10 per cent Nigerian and 90 per cent Irish,” he stated.
Meanwhile, Denzel Washington has hinted at retirement.
The 69-year-old thespian disclosed during a press tour of his latest movie ‘Gladiator II’ in Australia that ‘Black Panther 3’ is one of his last films before retirement.
He said he would be retiring after shooting ‘Black Panther 3’, ‘Othello 2’ and ‘King Lear.’
About 20 suspected criminals arrested for various crimes across Osun State, including three suspected highway armed robbers, were on Friday paraded by the state police command.
Presenting the suspects to journalists, the spokesperson for the police, Yemisi Opalola, said the armed robbery suspects, Olajide Kareem (28), Mike Emmanuel (33), and Godwin Emmanuel (23) were arrested along Osu/Ilesa road.
Opalola said the suspects, during their operations robbed many people of their jewelries, phones cash, and other valuables.
She added that during one of the robbery incidents, a bus driver was shot in the leg, while a female passenger was raped by one of the suspects.
Also paraded was Emmanuel Anthony, accused of using military uniforms to rob passengers along Ekiti road, where he forced a victim from Esa Oke, to transfer a sum of N3m to his account.
Anthony was also accused of robbing other people of their mobile phones valued at N1.25m.
Seven other suspects arrested for conspiracy, armed robbery and receipt of stolen vehicles, were also paraded.
Four northern states of Gombe, Bauchi, Benue and Plateau have been thrown into darkness, due to a fault on the 330kV double circuit transmission lines of Ugwuji-Makurdi-Jos.
The states are among the franchise area of Jos Electricity Distribution Company.
According to the Head of Corporate Communications, JEDC, Friday Elijah, the tripping of the lines occurred in the afternoon on Friday, resulting in the loss of power supply on all the 33KV feeders.”
He disclosed that the Transmission Company of Nigeria engineers were working to rectify the fault.
“We hope to restore normal power supply to our esteemed customers as soon as the fault is rectified and power supply is restored back to normalcy,” said Elijah.
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