Gunmen kill four teachers, students, farmers in Borno, Ex-Dep Gov declared wanted over alleged N130m fraud

Gunmen kill four teachers, students, farmers in Borno

 

MAIDUGURI — Gunmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram Islamic sect, yesterday, struck again at the Innovative Secondary School in the Customs area of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, killing four teachers and two students.
This came as another set of suspected terrorists laid ambush to a farm along Maiduguri-Mafa-Dikwa Road and killed two farmers, including the owner of the Mango and Guava plantations.
Vanguard gathered that the gunmen numbering about four entered the school premises at about noon and met a female teacher who had gone to invigilate the ongoing NECO examination.
They however, had mercy on the teacher who begged them to spare her life, after collecting her hand bag and the envelop containing the question papers and ordered her to leave the school premises.
The gunmen later moved towards other teachers sitting under a tree and opened fire, killing all of them on the spot before fleeing the area.
A source said: “The spate of killings of innocent people is becoming a source of concern to people; it is unfortunate that, students, teachers and poor farmers have now become the targets of terrorists.”
‘They regrouped’
A top security source who  confided in Vanguard said, dozens of terrorists living in the Sambisa Game Reserve fled to Mandara Mountains and other Hilly areas of Gwoza Local Government which is bordering Cameroon Republic among other desert areas of the state.
According to him, “some of the terrorists who fled from their camps in Sambisa have regrouped, and are launching attacks on Maiduguri and other areas in Yobe and Borno states.
“I am sure that the security agencies are aware and we will take decisive measures to ensure that there is no hiding place for the terrorists in the state.”
Due to lack of telecommunication services for the past one month in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states, the Joint Task Force Spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel Sagir Musa and the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Gideon Jubrin could not be reached for confirmation at the time of going to press.
48 villagers murdered
On Tuesday, an armed gang raided Kizara village in Zamfara State, killing 48 residents according to the Commissioner for Information, Mallam Ibrahim Birnin-Magaji.
He said the gunmen arrived the village on motorbikes, took positions on top of a hill then moved from house to house.
He said: “Some of them climbed up the hill overlooking the village and opened fire indiscriminately.
“They later moved from house to house, telling residents that they were looking for members of local vigilante groups, whom they said had been disturbing them.
“Police from nearby Keta mobilised and engaged the bandits in a shootout, but were overwhelmed by the gunmen’s superior firepower and forced to retreat.”
He said those killed included the local chief, the chief imam and the head of the vigilante group in the village.

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Ex-Dep Gov declared wanted over alleged N130m fraud

 LAGOS — The Police Special Fraud Unit, SFU, in Lagos,  has declared a former deputy governor of Lagos State (names withheld) wanted for allegedly jumping bail over a case of obtaining N130 million by false representation.

Commissioner of Police in-charge of the unit, Mr Tunde Ogunsakin, who made  the disclosure, yesterday, explained that the unit received a petition from the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of ‘D’ Department, where the petitioner with an undisclosed identity alleged that the former deputy governor and her US-based son (names withheld) sold a parcel of land at Plot 24, Block 4, Admiralty Way, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos to him for N130 million in September 2011.
The petitioner, according to him, claimed to have paid the money in tranches to the former deputy governor’s account, after which he reportedly requested for the title document, only to be given an affidavit of support. The document included a police crime extract and a publication in one of the national newspapers, all purporting loss of original documents of title to the land.
Ogunsakin said: “The petitioner believed her because of her personality as a former deputy governor of Lagos State. But the bubble burst after the complainant commenced development on the land and was at the verge of completion when the bona fide owner of the land surfaced. It was discovered that the land the suspect sold did not belong to her. She actually sold Plot 23 Block 4 while Plot 24 Block 4 already has a property on it.
“Investigation revealed that the land she sold did not belong to her. It was also discovered that Plot 24 Block 4, which actually belonged to  the suspect’s husband who died in 2008 was sold to him (the new owner) in 1995 and the suspect was a life witness and appended her signature to the sale of the land.
“The suspect further perpetrated the crime by alleging that the original Certificate of Ownership, Cof O, to the property was missing and swore to an affidavit which enabled her obtain a police report and memorandum of loss. She also put up an advert in newspapers that the original CofO was lost whereas the original CofO is with Hallmark Homes, the buyer of the property.

Mistake of plot  identification

“The crime was admitted as a genuine mistake of plot identification. N50 million was refunded to the complainant with promises to refund the balance as soon as she disposed her two property she put up for sale. She also confessed that she had injected the complainant’s money into her business.
“The suspect also made an undertaking and payment plan which was drawn from September 2012 and was to terminate by November 2012, but defaulted due to lack of funds.