Taraba Police Nab 2 Suspected Car Snatchers

The Taraba Police Command has nabbed two suspected car thieves, Ibrahim Jafar and Shaibu Abdullahi, for allegedly stealing a total of 11 cars between 2012 and 2013.

Mr Jubril Adeniji, the Commissioner of Police who paraded the suspects before journalists in Jalingo on Friday, said the duo’s arrest had reduced the rate of car thefts in the state.

The police official explained that Abdullahi, who was caught while trying to escape with a stolen vehicle, pretended to be seriously ill and escaped from the police custody.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that he was later re-arrested at Gombi in Adamawa.

Adeniji said also that Jafar, who recently left prison on March 6 for the same offence, stole another car from Adamawa and brought it to Jalingo for sale before he was caught.

He announced that the command was currently carrying out raids in Jalingo between 12.30 a.m and 3.00 a.m daily to track down criminals operating in the state.

"We are currently carrying out a raid within Jalingo and its environs to track down on criminals operating in the state," the police commissioner said.

The two cars allegedly recovered from the suspects as well as the master keys were also displayed

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Date Set For Pistorius Bail Appeal In S.African Court

South African Olympic and Paralympic runner Oscar Pistorius, who is accused of murdering his girlfriend, will approach South Africa's High Court next week to appeal his stringent bail conditions, prosecutors said Friday.

"The date for the hearing has been set down for March 28," said Bulelwa Makeke, the spokeswoman for the National Prosecuting Authority.
 
The bail conditions imposed on February 22 include the surrender of his passport, making it impossible for Pistorius to travel outside the country, and mandatory drug and alcohol tests.
 
He was also banned from talking to residents of his upmarket gated community in Pretoria, where he shot his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day.

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Kwankwaso Reassures Kano Residents On Security

Gov. Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano State has reiterated his administration’s determination to ensure the safety of lives and property of all persons living in the state.

He gave the assurance when he received a Federal Government's delegation on a condolence visit over the bomb blast in Kano the metropolis on March 18..

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the delegation was led by the Minister of Interior, Mr Abba Moro.

A statement from the Kano State Government House, quoted Kwankwaso as saying that the State Government and other stakeholders were working together to ensure the protection of lives and property.

``Kwankwaso told the delegation that the blast affected all manners of people and was not restricted to a particular ethnic group as widely suggested on the floor of the Senate on Wednesday.’’

The statement said that Kwankwaso decried the ethno-religious connotation given to the blast by some politicians he called ``Abuja politicians.

“It is time for us (Nigerians) to work as a family to bring the security challenges to an end and not use sentiments to worsen the tension.’’

The statement said that Kwankwaso had read out to the delegation the list of 25 casualties of the attack who were currently receiving medication in hospitals in the state.

``The governor noted that most of them are either from Kano or are of Northern extraction. He said the list is a possible reflection of the number of those that lost their lives during the regrettable incident, a number which is yet to be ascertained,’’ it said.

The statement said that Moro had earlier expressed President Goodluck Jonathan’s sadness over the incident.

``The president is saddened by the fact that, in spite of the spirited and determined effort of  government to contain the conflict, sectarian crisis has continued to occur in the state,’’ it quoted Moro as saying.

The statement said the delegation included the Minister of State for Defence, Erelu Olusola Obada, and the Minister of Police Affairs, retired Navy Capt. Caleb Olubolade.

Others were the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, among others.

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Gunmen Kidnap Female Lecturer

A female lecturer at the University of Uyo, Dr Ime Udotong, was on Friday night kidnapped by gunmen in front of her resident on Idoro Road in Uyo, an eyewitness said on Saturday.

Udotong, a lecturer in the Department of Biochemistry, was said to be returning home from work when she was blocked and whisked away by the gunmen to an unknown destination.

The eyewitness who preferred anonymity, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that Udotong works in the same department with her husband, Prof. Ime Udotong.

He said that Udotong, was driving a jeep while her abductors followed her with a salon car and blocked her way when she was close to her house.

``I suspect she was trailed from school to her house because there is no other way her place would have been known by people other than those close to her.

``I noticed that she had observed the car trailing her and she attempted to rush into her compound, when the kidnappers crossed her car and forced her into their own car.

``Immediately they got her into their own car, they zoomed off through a different direction,” the eyewitness said.

NAN gathers that following a distress call, the police arrived at the scene of the incident few minutes after the gunmen had made away with their victim.

The Commissioner of Police in Akwa Ibom, Mr Umar Gwadabe said, ``we have just received the report of the kidnap and we are working on it''. (NAN)

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