To liberate the state from total dependence on federal allocations, the governor announced that he would develop the state through industrialisation.
In an attempt to make good his promise, during the major part of his first term, he visited economic giants in Asia, including Malaysia, Singapore, China, Japan, etc to sign memoranda of understanding for partnership with the state on industrial projects.
The Governor Ayade administration has so far established 33 industries in different parts of the state, ranging from textile, cocoa and rice processing plants, medical and aviation, gas, to the proposed superhighway and the Bakassi deep sea port. There is also the proposed Calachika (chicken) poultry, Calapharm, a drug manufacturing firm. Among the endless list of industralisation-oriented projects is the cocoa processing plant in Ikom.
CP Kayode further said the officers were not on official duty at the location of the incident; adding that the checkpoint where they were killed was formerly used by the military.
The incident in Cross River happened barely 24 hours after some policemen were killed in Aguta Local Government Area of Anambra State. On Wednesday, February 24, hoodlums attacked a police station where four police officers were killed and the station set on fire. A day earlier, hoodlums in the early hours of Tuesday, February 23, 2021, attacked policemen on patrol around Uratta area of Aba, Abia State, killing two policemen. Media reports indicate that the suspected hoodlums numbering about 20 were seen wielding dangerous weapons.
The gunmen were said to have swooped on the unsuspecting policemen at Ayanmbat community near Idundu in the Aka Efa area of the Cross River capital.
The policemen whose identities had not been disclosed were said to have been killed while resting at the location.
Neighbours, who heard the gunshots, said they thought it was a robbery attack.
When reporters visited the scene in the morning, six bodies, including those of civilians, were seen and blood stains were all over the place.
The state Commissioner of Police, Sikiru Kayode Akande, confirmed that suspected cultists shot and killed four of his men.
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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the final forfeiture of $919,202 kept in an interest yielding bank account by some court staff in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
ICPC uncovered the amount from three respondents including the Chief Registrar and the Deputy Registrar of the Federal High Court.
Acting on a petition for violation of ICPC Act 2000, the commission found the money, “being the sum of confiscated, value and sold vessel hidden in a bank account”.
Prosecutors filed an ex-parte motion for an Interim Order of Forfeiture in November 2020.
Justice Mohammed Sani of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, granted their prayers for interim forfeiture of the sum pending the concluding hearing of the case.