Borno residents fight back, kill over 200 insurgents

Residents of some communities in Borno State may have been pushed to the wall as some of them dared Boko Haram on Tuesday, killing about 200 insurgents. The villagers also arrested the injured among them, a police source told Daily Sun.

The insurgents who were in a convoy of about 10 Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV) painted in military colour with guns mounted on some of them, invaded Sangayari, Mairari and Garawa in Kala Balge Local Government Area, Tuesday morning. The residents confronted them. “It is like many residents were aware the insurgents were coming and have prepared for them. They killed about 200 Boko Haram members and arrested some of the injured,” the source said.

Kala Balge is about 160 kilometres from Maiduguri, the state capital and located in the northeast, around the Nigeria-Cameroon border. A security source hinted that “the attackers of Kala Balge are likely to be the same set of people that carried out Gamboru Ngala attack last week.” About 150 people were killed.

Chairman of Kala Balge Local Government, Alifa Bukar Rann, told Daily Sun that he could not give the exact figure of insurgents killed in the attack. “I don’t have the details and figure of the death now,” he said

Dora Akunyili arrives India for treatment, thanks Nigerians for prayers

Former Minister of Information and Communications, Prof. Dora Akunyili has commenced continuation of her treatment in India.A statement on Wednesday night by her Media Adviser, Mr. Isaac Umunna, said the former National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC)boss is to be treated of an undisclosed ailment.

The statement read further that she expressed gratitude to Nigerians and other well wishers across the world who have been praying for her since the news of her sickness broke out over the weekend.

Man Exposes Girlfriend As Fake Soldier

The 323 Artillery Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Akure, Ondo State, has arrested a woman, Angela Omieh, for posing as a soldier.Sets of military uniform, police extract and a sworn affidavit for loss of her military identity card were said to have been found with her.

The Public Relations Officer of the brigade, Captain Ademola Adegoke, said Omieh was arrested following a report by her boyfriend.

According to him, Omieh, who resides in Mile 3, Diobu, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, was discovered to be in possession of two pairs of camouflage, camouflage T-shirt and short, one pair of desert boot, one jungle hat and three handsets.He said the suspect had been parading herself as a soldier attached to the 149 Battalion, but deployed to Joint Task Force, Warri for duty.

Adegoke explained that the suspect’s boyfriend, Mr. Collins Jegede, narrated how she met Omieh on a social network where she appeared in military outfit.Jegede said he wooed her and she paid him a visit in January 2014 in full military uniform.

Suspected Boko Haram spy arrested in MOPOL barracks

Men of the Plateau State Police Command have arrested a middle aged man, suspected  to be a Boko Haram member, was who caught allegedly spying on policemen at the Mobile Police Barracks, Sector 8 in Jos.
The recent incident followed persistent complaints by members of the public on the existence of some strange persons in some parts of Jos and Bukuru metropolis.
Our correspondent gathered that the suspect was arrested on Monday while allegedly spying on some policemen undertaking parade rehearsals in preparation for the pulling out ceremony of the state police commissioner, Mr. Chris Olakpe.
According to police sources, the presence of the suspect near the parade ground raised the suspicion of those on the parade ground.

Boko Haram shows kidnapped girls in new video

| credits: BBC

A new video released by Islamist militants Boko Haram claims to show around 100 girls kidnapped from the Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State on April 14, 2014.

The group’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, said they would be held until all imprisoned militants had been freed.

He said the girls had converted to Islam. The video, released on Monday, claims to show them praying.

Boko Haram abducted more than 200 girls from northern Nigeria on April 14 and threatened to sell them.

The BBC’s John Simpson in the northern city of Maiduguri said that Boko Haram’s comments showed signs that the group were willing to negotiate.

Three of the girls are shown speaking in the 17-minute video, obtained by French news agency AFP, wearing the full-length hijab.

Two girls say they were Christian and have converted to Islam, while the other says she is Muslim.

Correspondents said the girls appeared calm and one said that they had not been harmed.

Watch video:

We did all we could – Adebayor

Adebayor
| credits: File copy

Tottenham forward Emmanuel Adebayor has insisted the team did everything they could to achieve UEFA Champions League qualification.

The Togolese forward found himself frozen out at the beginning of the season at White Hart Lane, with former coach Andre Villas-Boas opting for Roberto Soldado instead.

Spain international Soldado struggled to find the net and never convinced as the focal point of the team’s attack and Tim Sherwood was quick to reinstate Adebayor after replacing Villas-Boas in December.

Spurs ended the season on a high as a 3-0 home win over Aston Villa on Sunday secured a sixth-place finish and Europa League football for next season, with Adebayor netting his 11th Premier League goal of the season with a first-half penalty.

Abducted girls: Police offer N50m reward for info

The Nigeria police on Wednesday announced a cash reward of N50m for anyone who volunteers information that could lead to the location and rescue of the female students abducted from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State.

The police action came on the heels of local and international clamour for the Federal Government to ensure the safety and rescue of the girls.

The female pupils, about 234 of them, were abducted from their hostels on April 14.

The violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, had on Monday released a video in which the sect leader, Abubakar Shekau, said the girls were abducted by members of his group and that he would sell them off.

“I abducted your girls; I will sell them in the market, by Allah,”the maniacal leader of the sect said.

 A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba on Wednesday in Abuja called on the public to be part of the solution to the current security challenge in the country.

It reassured the citizens that any information given would be treated anonymously and with utmost confidentiality.

The Force urged all patriotic citizens with useful information to contact the following numbers: 09-2914649; 08081777309; 08055547536; 08032125050; 08034617591and 0803596973.

 Foreign help

Beyond condemning insecurity in the country, however, foreign countries have responded positively to Jonathan’s call for assistance.

The Presidency said on Tuesday that Jonathan had accepted an offer from the United States as part of efforts to rescue the Chibok girls.

“President Goodluck Jonathan Tuesday welcomed and accepted a definite offer of help from the United States of America in the ongoing effort to locate and rescue the girls abducted from the Government (Girls) Secondary School, Chibok three weeks ago,” the President’s spokesman, Reuben Abati, said in a statement.

 The US said it would send a security team to Nigeria to help assist the government in finding the abducted girls.