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January 25, 2022 Bayelsa Commissioner’s Kidnap: Gov. Diri Dethrones Otuokpoti Paramount Ruler, Sacks CDC Chairman, Youth President. Police Declare 4 wanted
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Bayelsa Commissioner’s Kidnap: Gov. Diri Dethrones Otuokpoti Paramount Ruler, Sacks CDC Chairman, Youth President. Police Declare 4 wanted

The Bayelsa state Governor, Sen. Douye Diri in company of his Deputy, Sen. Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, have received the Commissioner for Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Federal Otokito, who was rescued from his abductors by the security in the State.

The Governor who said no ransom was paid made it clear that the State would not be a safe haven for criminals.

To this end, the Governor has announced the dethronement of the Paramount Ruler of Otuokpoti community, in Ogbia Local Government Area, Chief A. C. T. Wongo while the Chairman of the Chiefs Council, Chief Rescue Abe, has been appointed Acting Paramount Ruler.
Also, the Chairman of the Community Development Committee, Mr. Azibalua Amon has been sacked and replaced by Mr. Jerry Offor in Acting Capacity.
Also, Mr. Emolem Igue has been removed as Youth President of Otuokpoti and replaced by Mr. Shadrach Afiemo.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Bayelsa State, Mr. Ben Okolo, has declared four persons wanted in connection with the kidnap.
Those declared wanted are: Joshua Abi, Clergy Okio Mabinton, Azini and Gift Tebeda.

January 19, 2022 Court in Uyo Tries 20 Scavengers Caught Violating Ban
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Court in Uyo Tries 20 Scavengers Caught Violating Ban

Two weeks after the Akwa Ibom State government placed a ban on the activities of scrap scavengers in all her 31 Local Government Areas, a Magistrate Court sitting in Uyo, on Tuesday, sent no fewer than twenty (20) offenders to the facility of the Nigerian Correctional Service.

The culprits were apprehended at different parts of the State by a Joint Task Force recently inaugurated by Government to ensure compliance on the ban of scavengers, open grazing and motorcycles use in Uyo metropolis.
They were charged for having committed offenses punishable by sections 6 (1) and (8) of the Akwa Ibom State Internal Security and Enforcement Law 2009.

The court however, passed that the culprits be remanded in the Nigerian Correctional Centre, Uyo pending further advise or possible prosecution from the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).
Recall, Secretary to the State Government, Dr Emmanuel Ekuwem, had on January 4, announced the ban on scrap scavengers in the state following the death of three persons as a result of the clash between youths and the scavengers.

Speaking on behalf of the State Chief Executive, Ekuwem said as a responsible Government, they can no longer tolerate the activities of the people which evidently is in no way adding value to the socio economic well being of the State but rather escalating tensions and threatening the overall peace and security of the State.
Government had cited several incidents of grave infractions including acts of criminality and threat to peaceful inter-ethnic relationship in the State by operators of the enterprise as some of the reasons for the ban.
Secretary to the State Government (SSG) Dr. Emmanuel Ekuwem, who spoke on behalf of the State Chief Executive, stressed that action of Government was also in consonance with public sentiments amidst popular complaints against the activities of most scavengers who wantonly violate peoples properties, stealing and assaulting law abiding citizens in the process.

The SSG pointed out that Sundays appear to be the busiest day for the scavengers who take advantage of mass Church attendance to invade homes and cart away valuables, leaving hapless citizens with tales of woe upon their return from Church.

January 19, 2022 Nigeria Police Force Partners Akwa Ibom State Government As IG Convenes Conference And Retreat For DIGs, AIGs & CPs in Uyo
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Nigeria Police Force Partners Akwa Ibom State Government As IG Convenes Conference And Retreat For DIGs, AIGs & CPs in Uyo

The Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc (+), NPM, fdc, with the support of His Excellency, Udom Emmanuel, the Executive Governor of Akwa Ibom State, will on 7th and 8th February, 2022, host a 2-day Conference and Retreat for Senior Police Officers comprising Deputy Inspectors General of Police (DIGs), Assistant Inspectors General of Police (AIGs) and Commissioners of Police, and other Heads of Police Formations, in the beautiful city of Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State Capital.

The Conference and Retreat, themed “The New Police Vision: A Roadmap for Stabilizing Internal Security in Nigeria”, is part of efforts by the current Police leadership to collaborate with critical stakeholders in driving a policing vision that would amongst other benefits, avail Police Strategic Managers with contemporary and vantage opportunities to effectively deliver on their mandates. It will also afford the Police leadership the opportunity to identify and set measurable crime fighting agenda for the Force in the year 2022.

 

The IGP notes that the Conference and Retreat will equally provide a unique opportunity for the Strategic Managers of the Force and carefully selected Public Safety Experts to engage in peer review and cross fertilization of ideas for improved internal security management in the country. This is in addition to providing new traction for driving the new NPF policy aimed at modernization, re-orientation and re-tooling of the Force.

The IGP, while assuring the nation of concerted efforts at improving Police service delivery, public safety and crime management in the year 2022 and beyond, expresses belief that the Retreat will help to evolve new pathways to tackling crimes and other law enforcement challenges in the Country.
The Conference and Retreat is being coordinated by Matchmakers Consult International – the approved facilitators of the event.

January 12, 2022 Air Vice Marshal Iboro Harry Etukudo Gets New Air Force Appointment
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Air Vice Marshal Iboro Harry Etukudo Gets New Air Force Appointment

Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Iboro Harry Etukudo, has been appointed the Air Officer Commanding (AOC) Mobility Command of the NAF.
He formally took over the command on Thursday during a brief ceremony at its headquarters in Yenagoa.

Though headquartered in the Bayelsa State capital, the Area of Responsibility (AoR) of the Mobility Command covers nine units and bases in Lagos, Ibadan, Calabar, Minna, Sokoto, Ilorin, Warri and Yenagoa.The command performs tactical and strategic airlift in support of government and military operations.

Etukudo’s appointment was contained in a press statement on Tuesday by the Director of Public Relations and Information of the NAF, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, who said “the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, has approved the appointment of new Branch Chiefs, Air Officers Commanding (AOCs), Commandants of tri-service and NAF institutions as well as Unit Commanders.”

According to him, “postings and redeployments in the military are routine exercises intended to reinvigorate the services for greater performance, enhanced productivity, operational efficiency and effective service delivery.”

The shakeup also involved a one-star general from the state, Air Commodore Esen Efanga, who was redeployed from NAF Headquarters, Abuja, where he was Director of Training, to Maiduguri as Commander of Air Task Force of _Operation Hadin Kai_, the Joint Task Force battling insurgency in the North East of Nigeria.

With his appointment, Etukudo becomes the second Akwa Ibom indigene to command the Mobility Command after AVM Francis Bassey Nyoyoko, from Adiasim Ikot Essien Ndot in Essien Udim Local Government Area (LGA), who was AOC there from January 2015 to February 2016 when he retired.

The six Air Force’s commands with their headquarters are Tactical Air Command (Makurdi, Benue State), Air Training Command (Kaduna, Kaduna State), Logistics Air Command (Ikeja, Lagos State), Mobility Command (Yenagoa, Bayelsa State), Ground Training Command (Enugu, Enugu State) and Special Operations Command (Bauchi, Bauchi State).
The five commands in the Navy with their headquarters are Western Naval Command (Apapa, Lagos State), Eastern Naval Command (Calabar, Cross River State), Naval Training Command (Apapa, Lagos State), Logistics Command (Oghara, Delta State) and Central Naval Command (Yenagoa, Bayelsa State).

A two-star general from Akwa Ibom, Major General Uwem Udo Bassey, is presently the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 8 Division.

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