Nigerian Governor In Alleged Multiple Pregnancy Scandal, Infects Wife With STD

There are reports that Kogi state Governor Idris Wada is said to be fast emerging the most controversial Governors in the country, due to his womanizing habit.

 A close source has revealed that the governor has allegedly impregnated two women,  an actress, Linda Black and his Personal Assistant, Halima Ibrahim.

The Kogi State house is said to be seriously heated as his two wives who are yet to settle their squabbles over who should be the first lady.

The first wife and His Excellency had reasons to raise their voices just days before the Governor left Lokoja for Abuja a while back accusing him of sexual recklessness and giving her sexually transmitted disease(Syphilis).

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Bomb factory found in Kogi

Security agencies in Kogi State yesterday made a major breakthrough as they discovered a bomb factory in Kabba, the headquarters of Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area. The factory was discovered behind the Baptist Primary School, Kabba, a few metres to the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Kabba.

Also yesterday, there was security scare at the United States (U.S.) Embassy in Abuja. Two suspects were said to have been arrested but the FCT police command denied making such arrest. Although no arrest was made as at Press time, sources said those behind the bomb factory had fled before the arrival of security operatives.

Commander, Police Anti-Bomb Squad in the state, Mr. Cletus Nzeji, who conducted newsmen round the factory, stated that security operatives had been working on a tip-off for a long time until the place was discovered yesterday afternoon.

Nzeji explained that when the door of the new building was forced open, they detected Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), the kind that are used to rob banks.

He noted that the suspects have been using the house for the production of IEDs for a very long time.

The commander stated that the ingredients and materials detected would be sent for laboratory analysis.

The Director of State Security Service (SSS), who led the combined team of military, SSS and bomb disposal unit to the place in Kabba, stated that the building will be demolished to serve as deterrent to other landlords.

The security agencies believed the owner of the house was a member of a suspected gang.

Found in the house were materials for producing IEDs, which include; powdery substance, sealed cans, wires, several pull-over jackets, batteries, airconditioner coolers, sawblades and ropes.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Embassy said yesterday that it believed that there were shots fired in the vicinity of its embassy.

The embassy, in a statement signed by the Public Affairs Section said: “We believe there were shots fired in the vicinity of the US Embassy.

“The Nigerian authorities have two individuals in custody. We refer you to the Nigerian police for further information.”

However, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police command’s spokesman, Jimoh Moshood, denied knowledge of the gunshot within the vicinity of the embassy.

He told Daily Sun that the command sent some officers to the venue but said that nothing of such happened.

Similarly, when contacted, the Force Public Relations Officer, Olusola Amore, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, also denied knowledge of such incident.

Recall that the embassy had earlier alerted security agencies of alleged planned attack by the Islamist sect, Boko Haram.

This is not the first time the embassy would raise security alert in the country.

Some months ago, it issued a statement, warning American citizens to stay away from three prime hotels in Abuja.

Shortly after that, they also warned of three vehicles loaded with bombs by the Boko Haram to be detonated in Abuja.

In the two instances, both the police and the National Security Adviser (NSA), Gen Owoye Azazi, dismissed the claims, urging Nigerians to go about their normal duties.

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Kogi youths beat DPO, burn police van

BARELY 24 hours after a gang of armed robbers invaded the Kabba Divisional Police Station, killing two officers, another Divisional Police Officer, (DPO) was beaten to a pulp while two others sustained serious injuries when a group of rampaging youths attacked Egume division of the station, Sunday.

NEWSMEN gathered that hundreds of irate youths were said to have mobilised in protest over the alleged illegal arrest of some of their kinsmen by the police, which they considered as ”very provocative.”

The rampaging youths, in the ensuing pandemonium, were said to have also set ablaze the police patrol van at the station and carted away some ammunition.

State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Amana Abakasanga, told newsmen that seven persons had been arrested in connection with the incidents and were undergoing interrogation at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), headquarters of the force in Lokoja.

He said: “I got a distress call that some hoodlums had taken over Egume Police Division, kidnapped the DPO and wounded two of my policeme. I immediately mobilised my men and personally led the squad to the area. I also ordered the traditional ruler of the area to produce the boys who carried out the dastardly acts or prepare for any consequences.”

He said “after I handed down this warning, we later discovered two of our Ak47riffles at the back of a shrine close to the palace of the traditional ruler.”

Abakansanga said men of the anti-riot policemen have been drafted to the area while the suspects he said would be charged to court at the end of investigations.

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Bandits Storm Kogi Police Station, Kill Two Cops, Attack Bank

Two policemen were yesterday killed in Kabba Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State following the storming of the divisional police headquarters by a gang of armed men.

The armed men numbering about 10 were said by eyewitnesses to have struck at about 12:45 am, carting away arms and ammunitions from the armoury and setting free the detainees before bombing the police station.

Shortly after the attack, the armed men struck at the local branch of First Bank, which was situated within 200-metre range from the police station. At the bank, they were said to have made an abortive attempt to gain access to the bank vault, shooting sporadically.

According to eyewitness accounts, they fired several explosives into the bank’s vault but failed to gain access into it before leaving in frustration.

The slain policemen have meanwhile been identified as Inspector Jimoh Saliu and PC Cletus Oseni.

An attempt by the anti-riot policemen deployed from nearby Okene at the instance of the Kogi State police commissioner Amana Abasankanga to rescue the Kabba police station was rebuffed by the bandits. The bandits were said to have opened fire on the rescue team, deflating the tyres of their Anti Personnel Carrier tank before escaping.

The commissioner, who believes the bandits to be desperate armed robbers, said he had put his men on red alert and hoped they would soon be arrested. Said he, the police preliminary investigations had revealed that a large sum of money for the payment of teachers’ salaries and council workers’ salaries was deposited in the bank the previous day.

The bank, he further disclosed, had recently been raided by armed robbers more than twice before. He appealed to the residents not to panic and assured that the long arm of the law would soon apprehend the fleeing bandits.

The local monarch, the Obaro of Kabba, Oba Michael Olobayo, who received the police commissioner, commended him for his prompt response to the distress call. Expressing shock over the incident, he commiserated with the families of the slain policemen and urged his subjects to be vigilant.

One of the policemen, identified as Corporal Olatunji Opeyemi who managed to escape the scene with bullet wounds, said the bandits had arrived in three vehicles accompanied by a power motorcycle rider. A security guard at the bank, Jimoh Ibrahim, corroborated the account of the policeman.

In a swift reaction, the state governor Alhaji Ibrahim Idris described the incident as not only unacceptable but also barbaric. The governor, who spoke through his director general for press affairs Mr Richard Elesho, directed the State Security Service to root out the culprits.

The corpses of the slain policemen have been deposited at the morgue of Kabba general hospital.

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