ARREST OF JUDGES: ‘Do not ground judiciary’, Ikpomnwen urges lawyers, judicial workers

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkmjlqpZCwoo1pcJ72U1T_nUO3nYuINo4JkhOWHCIsj_vMN7Y_tHkZALtTh-8HjeXi3M1NDrTe7_XEdNlKfnp34lgTjpHoTAZYN8ZRJaeObwZcmXxocXXKp-uag2wKramLd-UonM70jTe0/s2560/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkmjlqpZCwoo1pcJ72U1T_nUO3nYuINo4JkhOWHCIsj_vMN7Y_tHkZALtTh-8HjeXi3M1NDrTe7_XEdNlKfnp34lgTjpHoTAZYN8ZRJaeObwZcmXxocXXKp-uag2wKramLd-UonM70jTe0/s640/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/></a>FORMER Provost Marshal of the Nigerian Army and military lawyer, Brig. Gen.Idada Ikpomnwen has admonished judicial workers and members of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) to have a rethink on their plans to ground the judiciary to protest the arrest of judges by the Department of State Service, “so that it will not look like the Bar is pursuing shadows instead of substance.<br/> <br/> Ikponmwen however called on the Federal Government to address the issue of job assignments for security agencies to avoid duplication of jobs which according to him may lead to rivalry. According to him, “it must be noted that most of the security agencies have the power of arrest, but we expect that they will be making arrest in areas that are in their scale of job. It does appear to me that there is still a lot of fluidity with regards to who has what responsibility within the law enforcement family”.<br/> <br/> The renowned military lawyer who was reacting to the arrest of two Supreme Court justices and five other judges, said “even though I agree with the Bar Association that we must operate in line with the dictates of the rule of law, I feel that the war they are embarking upon is not really desirable in the present circumstance. The war they are embarking upon now is on the extreme side and to me, it is like leaving the substance and going for the form. I said this because I do not see any explanation for a judge of any court having N53million in his bedroom. And I also say this because the Bar has been so silent about the misconduct of some judges in the past. So why this cry now, when you find judges having so much money in their homes?<br/> <br/> <br/> “I think for whatever anomalies that have been noticed, investigations must go on in the interest of having a sanitized and transparent judiciary.<br/> <br/> There should be no mistake about it that we have a lot of good judges but the few bad ones should be dealt with like criminals. Government has to start drawing a line between the role of one agency and the other. The Bar must sub-pedal on the decision. Let us not ground the work of the judiciary to a halt, so that it will not look as if the Bar is pursuing shadow instead of substance”.<br/> <br/> Gen.Ikpomnwen further stressed the need for the Federal Government to “address strictly the issue of the job assignment of police, DSS and other law enforcement agencies in this country”. He said “as far as I am concerned there is no way the DSS would not investigate people. But what we expect is that they will engage in security related investigations and not crime related investigations. The issue of state security is not exactly the same like investigating crimes.<br/> <br/> In the process of investigating security related offences, if the DSS stumbles into crime, like forgery, stealing, it is expected that they will turn it over to the appropriate agencies like the police, ICPC and others. It is also important that this clear cut demarcation must be known to the public so that the society will know those who are supposed to handle what, as a way of promoting the rule of law”.</div>

ARREST OF JUDGES: ‘Do not ground judiciary’, Ikpomnwen urges lawyers, judicial workers

FORMER Provost Marshal of the Nigerian Army and military lawyer, Brig. Gen.Idada Ikpomnwen has admonished judicial workers and members of th...

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DSS Arrests Emeh James Anyalekwa, Igbere TV Blogger; Site Shutdown

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh6tAuc4pEFYnd14vLOq_6VA1o2UlZ3FhaCFcWSD0LhRKnCBiCX9g4PacO1O1hkpycg2gqVFrzZHNZ1WdvCfE_o3ZapkN5rzauY-VGp57ZWLEBvS0j3IkOCUsye-_mI6abjLMmEhu0u2Yc/s2560/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh6tAuc4pEFYnd14vLOq_6VA1o2UlZ3FhaCFcWSD0LhRKnCBiCX9g4PacO1O1hkpycg2gqVFrzZHNZ1WdvCfE_o3ZapkN5rzauY-VGp57ZWLEBvS0j3IkOCUsye-_mI6abjLMmEhu0u2Yc/s640/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/></a>Emeh James Anyalekwa who happens to be the Editor in Chief of popular News website Igbere TV has been arrested by men of the State Security Service (SSS)<br/> <br/> Abia Facts Newspaper gathered that Seven men in two Hilux Jeeps early this morning at about 6.00am stormed his Uyo residence and whisked him away in the presence of his wife and little daughter without disclosing the reason for his arrest and their destination.<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> The men took away his Laptops, his phones, his wife’s phones and every digital device in sight after ransacking their apartment.<br/> <br/> Though the DSS has not confirmed his arrest, a source in DSS office Uyo said that the Presidency is not happy with Anyalekwa over IGBERE TV’s persistent pro Biafra publications.<br/> <br/> State Security Service should please release him now.</div>

DSS Arrests Emeh James Anyalekwa, Igbere TV Blogger; Site Shutdown

Emeh James Anyalekwa who happens to be the Editor in Chief of popular News website Igbere TV has been arrested by men of the State Security ...

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DSS arrest mastermind of the kidnap of three Australians in Cross River

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTiJVYBdh_sHxAjWlYMjrUdOUf9TbMY7Ze6_9sPnPv0JtqqwwpkE49RDFvNMwWO6ojEbNillRyrgm-L4_U3V3r6TncIjyNPIEHU2GnpgN9oCC8DBXPhyGjqNI6w3RXo1W6lGXGns40LmmL/s2560/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTiJVYBdh_sHxAjWlYMjrUdOUf9TbMY7Ze6_9sPnPv0JtqqwwpkE49RDFvNMwWO6ojEbNillRyrgm-L4_U3V3r6TncIjyNPIEHU2GnpgN9oCC8DBXPhyGjqNI6w3RXo1W6lGXGns40LmmL/s640/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/></a>The mastermind of the kidnap of three Australians working for Lafarge Cememnt Company in Cross Rivers state, Samuel Asuquo, has been arrested by Department of State Service operatives. This was contained in a press statement released by the spokesperson of the DSS, Tony Opuiyo. <br/> <br/> The statement adds that a gang of kidnappers that had earlier kidnapped five Igbo women and collected the sum of Thirteen Million Naira (N13m) as ransom have also been arrested. Also arrested is a Boko Haram IED specialist in Kano state. Read the statement below....<br/> <br/> 1. As part of its commitment towards improving security across the country, the Department of State Services (DSS), has sustained tactical and counter-terrorism operations which have yielded major successes with the arrest of terrorists and other criminals across the country.<br/> <br/> 2. On 22nd August, 2016, one Samuel ASUQUO, a kidnap kingpin was arrested by the Service at Nasarawa Bakoko village in Cross River State. ASUQUO was the mastermind of the kidnap of three (3) Australian staff of Lafarge Cement Company, for which his gang received ransom of one hundred and fifty million Naira (N150m)<br/> <br/> 3. Similarly, on 30th August, 2016, the trio of Bamaiyi MUSTAPHA (aka Dan Borno), Aminu ISA and Hassan SHEHU, members of a notorious kidnap gang operating around the Abuja-Kaduna axis, were arrested at Lafia, Nasarawa State. The gang had earlier kidnapped five (5) Igbo women and collected the sum of Thirteen Million Naira (N13m) as ransom. They were subsequently arrested by the Service while planning a high profile kidnap in Abuja.<br/> <br/> 4. In another operation carried out same day at Tamburawa village along Kano-Zaria Expressway, Kano State, Alhassan MUSA and Ado Yusuf, members of a notorious kidnap/armed robbery syndicate operating from Falgore forest in Doguwa LGA, Kano State, were also apprehended.<br/> <br/> 5. On 19th August, 2016, two (2)<br/> kidnappers operating in Zamfara and its environs were arrested. They are Abdulrasheed IBRAHIM and Aliyu UMAR. The duo had been terrorizing residents of the area along with a kidnap group headed by Buhari General who is still at large.<br/> <br/> 6. Also, on 26th August, 2016, two (2) notorious kidnappers, armed robbers and assassins; Moses ACHIA and Fanen IGBETAR, were arrested at Kperlegba Village, Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State. One (1) AK-47 rifle, five (5) fully loaded AK-47 magazines, one hundred and fifty rounds of live ammunition and one pistol loaded with fifteen rounds of live ammunition were recovered from them. The syndicate had planned to kidnap a female business tycoon in Makurdi, Benue State.<br/> <br/> 7. On 3rd Sept, 2016, a kidnapping gang under the coordination of one Sunny ISAAC/late, which has been terrorizing residents in States of the South-East zone, was busted by the Service at Aba in Abia State. Prior to their arrest, the gang had masterminded series of kidnapping incidents in the State, including the abduction of one Uche IKONNE/f, an American citizen in the State. Other members of the gang arrested by the Service include Nnaoma AMAK, Chiedozie EBERE, Bartholomew MICHEAL, Chinweotito INNOCENT and Celestine IKARANGWAN, while the following items were recovered on them during the time of arrest; the sum of Four Hundred Thousand Naira only (N400,000.00), a Double-Barrel gun with two (2) live ammunition, a Toyota-Corolla car, a Volkswagen Golf car, and the mobile cellphone of the IKONNE/f.<br/> <br/> 8. In another development, this Service has arrested one Abbas MOHAMMED at Asokoro, Abuja. Subject was sending several threat messages to the Ukranian Ambassador to Nigeria. Preliminary investigation revealed that MOHAMMED was formerly employed by the embassy as a driver but he began threatening his former employer after losing his job arising from observed gross acts of insubordination from him to his employers<br/> <br/> 9. On the economic front, this Service is currently intensifying action against high level fraudsters whose unwholesome activities is negatively affecting investors confidence with multiplier risk to genuine businesses nationwide. Accordingly, one Izuagie MOHAMMED was arrested in Benin City, Edo State on 24th August, 2016, for impersonating the Accountant General of the Federation. MOHAMMED had already defrauded unsuspecting members of the public posing as the Nigerian AGF on Facebook and promising them facilitation of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) empowerment loan, before he was apprehended by the Service.<br/> <br/> 10. In a further action, on 28th August, 2016, Taiye ALADE and Ajoke KOLAWOLE were also arrested by the Service at Fabian Hotel, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. The duo had cloned the GSM number of the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (GMD NNPC), and were using it to defraud his close associates.<br/> <br/> 11. Also, one Mike EWUGBARA a known child trafficker was arrested at Okigwe, Imo State on 26th August, 2016. Three (3) kidnapped children were rescued from his hideout including one Miracle who was abducted in Benue State.<br/> <br/> 12. In response to the regrouping of Boko Haram elements in Kano State, the Service in concert with the military, carried out coordinated operations in the State which led to the apprehension of two (2) high profile members of the sect, namely; Ibrahim Ustaz ABUBAKAR and Idris AUDU (aka AYA). AUDU is an IED specialist who was being groomed to penetrate security agencies in the country. AUDU had already perfected plans to seek for recruitment into the next recruitment scheme of the Nigeria Army, before his arrest.<br/> <br/> 13. The Service wishes to assure all law abiding citizens and residents that it will not rest on its oars in its determination to ensure a safe environment for all to carry out their legitimate business. We call on members of the public to support this effort by providing useful information to security agencies.<br/> <br/> <br/> Tony OPUIYO<br/> Department of State Services<br/> Abuja.<br/> 4th September, 2016.</div>

DSS arrest mastermind of the kidnap of three Australians in Cross River

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DSS Agent Killed By Thugs In Gun Battle - Photo.

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQYuCZC0OtVFGDRudURIsm_E_Q9Pgupvlz82BP8UKMMg4rdb8ixfmOOMO-_RgtcoHDtOhr5u49T-MHGXYc9AC-wSP-bNMnELnsIuF9W_iV9V6BTXxWuoTVIDmmJpPwtyBOCiv227WzyGsD/s2560/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQYuCZC0OtVFGDRudURIsm_E_Q9Pgupvlz82BP8UKMMg4rdb8ixfmOOMO-_RgtcoHDtOhr5u49T-MHGXYc9AC-wSP-bNMnELnsIuF9W_iV9V6BTXxWuoTVIDmmJpPwtyBOCiv227WzyGsD/s640/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/></a>An operative of the Department of State Services (DSS) has been gunned down by thugs.The thugs engaged the DSS operatives in a gun duel on March 18 in Egi area of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni local government area of the state, a team of security operatives were intercepted during their patrol in the area ahead Saturday’s rerun elections.<br/> <br/> The temporal spokesman for Port Harcourt army barracks, Captain Lazarus Eli confirmed the death of the DSS agent, “Reinforcement has been sent to beef up security in the area and normalcy has been restored, the public is hereby advised to remain calm and be law abiding throughout the election period and beyond as security agents will continue to work assiduously to ensure security of lives and property,” he said.</div>

DSS Agent Killed By Thugs In Gun Battle - Photo.

An operative of the Department of State Services (DSS) has been gunned down by thugs.The thugs engaged the DSS operatives in a gun duel on M...

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DSS parades Ekiti lawmaker who was rumoured dead - Photos.

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5BN5iaWMKZrBXsXRhPcuG2eZcGOjcSi85yX6MLv0sl6pZcGwyAaTiRU4Vl3dPNzzXJomoo-6CPtjf8-0zoWi5khlEHu2h3MvMG7biZK519_dMa31sWvtcVRXxcowwFmU6GWF596BTfz7O/s2560/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5BN5iaWMKZrBXsXRhPcuG2eZcGOjcSi85yX6MLv0sl6pZcGwyAaTiRU4Vl3dPNzzXJomoo-6CPtjf8-0zoWi5khlEHu2h3MvMG7biZK519_dMa31sWvtcVRXxcowwFmU6GWF596BTfz7O/s640/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/></a>The Department of State Security Services has dismissed claims that Hon. Akanni Afolabi, a member of Ekiti State House Assemply died in its custody.<br/> This was in reaction to claims by the Ekiti State Government that Hon Afolabi who has was arrested last week is dead. Spokesperson for the Service, Tony Opuyo dismissed the claims in a statement read out to journalists on Thursday, March17, in Abuja. The lawmaker was also paraded.<br/> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjABFJ-wOrOqgZuJVdtpi2mj8pPeN_pvyG66VVPbR2WgZgWbfOAnYjlVumGVElcggZBbTJp2AiwCSRFwooZHhixWurYGv4TjaNtoPUW6XyEaiVjdFAnSZw3btc6ZHLjdu_43VD6L3rvwdUS/s2560/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjABFJ-wOrOqgZuJVdtpi2mj8pPeN_pvyG66VVPbR2WgZgWbfOAnYjlVumGVElcggZBbTJp2AiwCSRFwooZHhixWurYGv4TjaNtoPUW6XyEaiVjdFAnSZw3btc6ZHLjdu_43VD6L3rvwdUS/s640/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/></a><br/> "This press conference has become necessary in order to debunk a rumour which is being dangerously spread in Ekiti State by some mischief makers to the effect that Hon. Afolabi has died in custody. Nigerians and Ekiti people in particular are convinced to see that Afolabi is hale and hearty as he is being presented to the press today," said Opuiyo.</div>

DSS parades Ekiti lawmaker who was rumoured dead - Photos.

The Department of State Security Services has dismissed claims that Hon. Akanni Afolabi, a member of Ekiti State House Assemply died in its ...

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