By Chioma Onuegbu Uyo
AGAIN gunmen suspect to be members of the Eastern Security Network, ESN, have invaded a police station in Ikono local government area of Akwa Ibom State and killed two Policemen that were on duty.
This is even as the state governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel directed that the use of motorcyles be banned from 10pm to 6am daily statewide.
It could be recalled that two police officers, a woman Police Corporal identified as Esther Akpan and a Police Constabulary identified as Isonuyo Effiong Paul were shot dead when gunmmen using motorcycles had attacked a Police Check point in Ika Divisional Headquarters on April 27, 2021 about 7pm.
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To ensure that the dividends of democracy trickle down to Nigerians at the grassroots level, former President Goodluck Jonathan has called on the National Assembly to make laws that would make Local Government Councils strong, autonomous and have powers to generate revenue.
He said that if he were a member of the National Assembly, he would mobilize member to amend sections in the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria that would totally prohibit the appointment of Local Government Chairman and give the people at the grassroots level to decide who leads them through the election.
Jonathan stated this when the national and state executives of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) paid him a courtesy visit in his country home, Otuoke, to ask for his support to stop a bill seeking to delist the Local Government structure from the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
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Suspected armed members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect on Friday invaded the Geidam Local Government Area (LGA) of Yobe state wreaking havoc, as residents scampered for safety. Sources and fleeing residents have said.
The insurgents invaded the town with several gun trucks at about 5 pm.
Geidam is the home town of the immediate past Governor, now Senator Ibrahim Gaidam.
The town is about 200km from Damaturu, the Yobe State capital and one of the border towns between Nigeria and the Niger Republic. It also shares a boundary with Borno State from the north.
The town has been attacked by Boko Haram several times leading to loss of lives and property.