DPO, Three Others Killed As Gunmen Attack Edo Police Station, INEC Offi

Gunmen have attacked the Divisional Police Command at Afuze,
headquarters of the Owan-East Local Government Area of Edo, killing
the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) and three other officers on
duty.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the hoodlums also
attacked the office of the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) in the town, and destroyed electoral materials
and burning down a police van in the compound.

The officers killed in the attack were: Supt. Tosimani Ojo, the
DPO of the station; Sgt. Justina Aghomon, a pregnant woman, Insp.
Sado Isaac and Cpl. Glory David.

A witness, Mr Godwin Ikpekhia, told NAN on Wednesday that the
incident occurred at about 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, while many of the
officers in the division had gone on outside duties.

“We only heard gunshots and nobody knew what actually happened
until Wednesday morning.

“The divisional police officer, alongside three other officers
who were on duty were killed on the spot, inside the building.

“The hoodlums didn’t just stop at that; they went to the INEC
office and were shooting sporadically at policemen who were on duty
there.

“Election materials and a police van at the INEC office were
burnt by the hoodlums,’’ he said.

The Edo Commissioner of Police, Mr Muhammed Danmallam, who
visited the scene, said that investigation would commence
immediately.

Danmallam vowed that those responsible for the attacks will be
brought to book.

“Urgent steps will be taken to curb the increasing cases of
criminality in the Owan axis of the state,’’ he said.

NAN recalls that the attacks on officers and men of the Nigeria
Police have become quite unusual in the Owan area.

On July 14, last year, four police officers were killed at a
checkpoint in the area and burnt inside their Hilux Patrol van.

Also on Jan. 23, this year, the All Progressives Congress (APC)
House of Assembly candidate for Owan-West, Mr Ohio Ezomo, was
kidnapped, while his orderly was killed on the spot. (NAN)

Corruption: Abuja Civil Servants to Forfeit N264m
Properties- ICPC

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences
Commission (ICPC) has moved to seize plots of land and duplexes
which values have been put at over N264 million from three civil
servants working in the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs.

The properties, which are owned by Poloma Kabiru Nuhu, Mangset
Longyl Dickson and Daniel Obah, currently under investigation by
the Commission include 19 plots of land, 10 hectares of farm land
and two duplexes, spread around Abuja and three towns in Rivers
State.

The 10 hectares of farmland located in Kuje, Abuja, was
allegedly acquired through corrupt acts by Nuhu, a Principal
Accountant with the ministry.

The move to seize the properties follows an investigation by the
Commission of the assets of Nuhu, Dickson and Obah, all staff of
the Niger Delta Affairs Ministry, which has established that the
trio allegedly have assets whose values are well above their
legitimate earnings and incomes.

ICPC, relying on Section 48 (2) of the Corrupt Practices and
Other Related Offences Act 2000, which gives it the power of
seizure of assets obtained by individuals through corrupt means
will seize 15 plots of land, all located in Gwagwalada, Abuja from
Nuhu.

Nuhu will also temporarily lose ownership of 10 hectares of farm
land valued at N50 million and an uncompleted duplex, valued at N90
million, at Apo Estate, Abuja, to the Commission.

On his part, Obah, a Principal Accountant in the Finance and
Account Department of the same Ministry will also lose temporary
ownership of a N60 million-valued four-bedroom duplex located in
Karsana, Abuja, and three plots of land with a collective value of
N64.5 million located in Abe Ndoni, Obio-Akpor and Port Harcourt,
River State.

While the third suspect, Dickson, will lose ownership of a plot
of land valued at N7 million, located at Kubwa, a suburb of
Abuja.

Signed:
Mrs Rasheedat A. Okoduwa, mni
Spokesperson for the Commission