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Peter Obi Chides Unknown Gunmen Killing SuperSports Reporters In Ihiala
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10/16/2024
Peter Obi Chides Unknown Gunmen Killing SuperSports Reporters In Ihiala
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#Sports #Ihiala #Libya #news #NFF #Obi #Orlu #Peter #SuperSports ©October 15th, 2024 ®October 16, 2024 8:54 am Former Anambra State Governor and the Labour Party Presidential candidate in the last general elections in Nigeria, Peter Obi has spoken out to chide or rebuke the killing of a police officer and SuperSports Television reporters by Unknown Gunmen along the dreaded and dangerous Ihiala-Orlu road in Anambra State last Tuesday while they were enroute to Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State for the Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON qualifier match between Nigeria Super Eagles and Libya Mediterranean Knights that was held last Friday. #OsazuwaAkonedo
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Former Anambra State Governor and the Labour Party Presidential Candidate in the last General
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Elections in Nigeria.
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Peter Obi has spoken out to chide or rebuke the killing of a police officer and Super
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Sports Television reporters by unknown gunmen along the dreaded and dangerous Ihiyola-Onu
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Road in Anambra State last Tuesday while they were en route to Uyu, Akwa Ibom State for
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the Africa Cup of Nations, Afghan qualifier match between Nigerian Super Eagles and Libyan
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Mediterranean Knights that was held last Friday.
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Ihiyola-Onu Road has been like a death trap where unknown gunmen have been killing a lot
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of travellers especially security operatives in recent years which amongst others included
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the killing of Major Churchill Oji, police escorts of former Delta State Governor Ifanyi
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Okowa and the killing of military couple at Olu Forest who was travelling to Mkwere in
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Iwo State for their wedding, Master Warrant Officer Linus Audu and his partner, an Army
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Private, Gloria Mathew alongside military colleagues and family members.
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Meanwhile police in Anambra State have rescued six journalists who were abducted along the
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Iseke-Onu Road in Ihiyola while travelling from Lagos to Uyu, Akwa Ibom State.
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Incident two Super Sports TV reporters and one police officer were killed on Tuesday.
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The police spokesperson in the state, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, in a statement on Thursday, sent joint
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security forces carrying out the rescue operation.
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His said efforts were ongoing to locate a seventh crew member who remains missing.
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Nigeria Football Federation confirmed the killing of the journalists on Saturday in a news release.
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Information gathered on the incident revealed that the bandits opened fire on the bus in which
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the Super Sport operatives were travelling with staff and security personnel on board
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and the attack immediately resulted in the deaths of a cameraman,
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a police officer, and the bus driver, the NFF said on Saturday.
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NFF President, Ibrahim Ghusal said though Nigeria defeated Libya 1-0 in the Friday
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encounter in the southern city of Uyu, Akwa Ibom, the incident has cast a shadow on the
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Super Eagles' victory. Yes, we won the match against Libya and took three points,
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but the fact that three lives were lost created a situation in which we were unable to celebrate
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properly and it holds seriously to even think back at the unfortunate incident, Ghusal said.
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He recalled Nigeria's long and fruitful relationship with Super Sport and sent
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the football body shears in, their pain and sorrow at this period. Our prayer is that
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the Almighty will comfort the Super Sport family and the families of the deceased
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and also grant the deceased eternal rest, he said while praying for the safe return of one person
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still unaccounted for. Fourteen persons were said to have been in the vehicle at the time of the
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ambush. Eight persons were eventually rescued, two escaped on their own, three were killed and
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one person is still unaccounted for, the NFF's statement read. We had reported earlier in the
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year that the Nigerian army authority said that a combined team of security operatives in the
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country have destroyed the dreaded Mada Valley camp, believed to be one of the major headquarters
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of the Biafra secessionist armed groups which is about 5,000 feet below sea level spanning between
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Osu local government area in Igbo state and Iheola local government area in Anambra state.
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Nigerian army attached to the news release pictorial evidences of activities of actions
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of military troops in the recaptured communities and Mada Valley forest with signposts showing
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Lelu in Iheola. Nigerian army has said, recalling the commencement of the joint task force southeast
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operation Modoka or PUK that started on the 11th of February 2024, the combined JTF troops of NA,
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NNNAF as well as personnel of NPF, DSS and NSCDC had cleared and liberated Osu,
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Eke Ututu, Tango 1 Osumabu, Ihitupa Ihitinansai and Lelu over the last three weeks.
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In continuation of the sustained operations, the JTF or PUK troops on the 7th of March 2024
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and destroyed the notorious supreme headquarters of the terrorist indigenous people of Biafra,
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IPOB and its armed affiliate Eastern Security Network, ESN. The headquarters that serves as
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the last IPOB, ESN stronghold is located in the Mada Valley and spans Osu and Iheola local
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government areas of Igbo and Anambra states respectively is about 5,000 feet below sea
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level. The well-concealed and forested location affords the terrorists good cover from air
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surveillance. It also serves as their command and control center and military council headquarters.
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During the raid operations, the gallant troops encountered, detonated and recovered many command
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improvised explosive devices, IEDs and various types of obstacles which were cleared by the
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determined troops. The troops also came in contact with the terrorists but were subdued
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with superior firepower with many neutralized while others with varying degrees of gunshot
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wounds fled into the bush. Thus, all in the Igbo and in the Anambra are requested to report any
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strange phase in their communities to OPPO by dialing emergency line 193 and press 2 from their
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phones. In addition to many weapons, equipment, IEDs and stolen vehicles recovered over the last
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three weeks, items recovered in the Mada Valley include 3x G3 rifles, 9x automatic pump action
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rifles, 7x double barrel guns, 2x locally made pistols, 2x rocket propelled grenade bombs,
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2x AK-47 magazine and 1x G3 magazine. Others are 26 rounds of 7.62mm special ammunition,
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16 rounds of 7.62mm NATO ammunition, 72 pump action cartridges, 1x chancel, 1x laptop,
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1x CCTV DVR, 26x CCTV cameras, 17x mouth and radios with batteries and 10 without
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batteries including their chargers. Also recovered are 6x handheld IEDs, 26x android phones,
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25x normal phones, 1x inverter, 1x sim card registration machine, 4x POS machines, 3x
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motorcycle batteries for igniting IEDs, 2x trumpets, 2x Biafra flags, 20x ESN certificates,
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2x terrace containing details of ammunition and food supplies and two parts of Biafra
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Liberation Army uniforms. The joint troops also destroyed about 50 tents in the valley
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housing the Supreme Headquarters, IPOB, ESN Command and Control Center, Bontusos Hideout
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and Residence, offices, their logistics beds, temples and shrines used for occultic practices
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among many other items. The force commander, Joint Task Force Southeast Operation Buduka,
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Major General Hassan Taylur Dada wishes to appreciate the incredible cooperation of
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sister services and other security agencies for the success achieved so far. The force commander
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also enjoins the leaders of all liberated communities to return to their ancestral homes,
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implies community efforts to ensure that all criminal elements not from the communities
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are not allowed to return to desecrate their homelands. The JTF-OPUK will continue to provide
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all security support to such communities within the ambit of the law. Furthermore,
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all law-abiding individuals are enjoined to provide timely and actionable information
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through OPUK Emergency Line 193 then press Option 2 to help make the Southeast Geopolitical Zone
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a peaceful and conducive environment for socio-economic development to thrive.
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Peter Obiwale reacting to the killing of the journalists described gunman killing in Nigeria
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as never-ending incident that is getting worse by the day. He said and in quote,
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The never-ending incidents of killings, kidnappings and other violent crimes across
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the country have continued to be of concern to many. The situation has continued unabated and
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is worse by the day. Non-state actors have continued to inflict pain and sorrow on families
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whose loved ones are often kidnapped and sometimes killed in gruesome manners. In particular,
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I condemn, in totality, the unfortunate killing of some crew members of Super Sports TV
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who were attacked in a tragic ambush along the Ihila Olu Road, Anambra State, a few days ago.
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These media practitioners were on their way to Rio to perform official duty for their medium end,
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indeed, the nation when the tragic incident happened, resulting in their death and the
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kidnap of others. Two days ago, a few persons were also reportedly killed while some others
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were injured in a terror attack carried out by criminals in the Agatu Local Government
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area of Benue State. These violent attacks, many of which go unreported, have now continued to
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define our daily existence in our once-secured nation. We are gradually losing count of the
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people who have lost their lives to insecurity in our nation. How much longer do we allow our
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people to die before we decide enough is enough? I condone with the families who have lost their
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ones to these recent attacks while praying for eternal rest on the dead and quick recovery for
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the injured. We are all in this together as a nation and will continue to demand for the security
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of lives and property of every Nigerian.
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