Chiemelie Ezeobi and Kingsley Nwezeh, who chronicled the recent spate of insecurity across the nation, write that it has reached a worrisome crescendo especially after witnessing one of the most violent weeks in the nation’s recent history, as was further collaborated by the SBM Intelligence index report that 590 people were killed in April alone
In the past one week of the just ended month of April, the violence convulsing the land peaked, puting Nigerians on edge, spreading fears of a looming war or a war that has reached an advanced stage, depending on your perspective.
The newspapers became nearly unreadable because 60 per cent of the news content daily dwelt on violence that gripped the land. The electronic media and online publications also chronicled daily the orgy of violence devastating the country and a leadership that is running in circles, issuing endless assurances that even the perpetrators of violence take advantage of to increase the tempo of violence.
Barely about one year after the Cross River State Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Ben Ukpekpi, was kidnapped and taken to an unknown destination where he spent some days at the kidnappers den before being released, the chairman has been kidnapped again.
By Ugochukwu Alaribe
Two days after the attack on the Abayi police station in Aba, the Abia State government has uncovered plans to attack the Arochukwu correctional centre and police station in Arochukwu council area of the state.
Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu, explained that intelligence reports available to government and security agencies in the state indicate that there are plots by some hoodlums to stage an attack on the facilities in the area.
He urged citizens of the state to be vigilant and report suspected movements, especially strange persons to security agencies.
“Intelligence reports available to government and security authorities in the state indicate that there are plots by some hoodlums to stage an attack on the Arochukwu Correctional Centre and a police station in the area.
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The Abia State Government has condemned the attack on and burning of the Abayi Police Station in Aba by yet-to-be identified gunmen in the early hours of Tuesday.
Sources disclosed that no fewer than two policemen might have lost their lives following the early morning invasion of the station located at the World Bank Housing Estate, Aba.
According to a police source, the incident occurred around 2am and the station was set on fire, while other sources said there was stiff resistance by policemen, who were later overpowered by the hoodlums.
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