THIS MORNING

GOOD MORNING NIGERIANS AND WELCOME TO YOUR EVER DEPENDABLE PEOPLE’S
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TO IMPROVE THE NATION’S SECURITY SYSTEM.ESPECIALLY AS IT CONCERNS OUR
VARIOUS SECURITY ACTORS AND THEIR AGENCIES IN COLLABORATION WITH THE
REST OF NIGERIANS.

NO DOUBT WE ARE IN A VERY CHALLENGING SITUATION AS
INSECURITY APPEARS TO HAVE WEIGHED US DOWN AND THIS EXPLAINS WHY WE
ALL SHOULD TAKE IT AS A POINT OF DUTY TO JOIN HANDS TOGETHER WITH ALL
OUR SECURITY OPERATIVES TO HELP RESCUE NIGERIA FROM THE CLAWS OF
INSECURITY AGENTS. WE CAN’T JUST CONTINUE WITH THE OBVIOUS ENDLESS
BLOOD LETTING.

I AM ISIAKA MUSTAPHA AND I SHALL BE DIRECTING THE AFFAIRS OF THIS
PROGRAMME FOR THE NEXT ONE HOUR
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HOUSE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT OF ABUJA…NIGERIA’S SEAT OF POWER

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THIS MORNING WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE ESCALLATING CRIME RATE IN THE
FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY, ABUJA, NIGERIA’S SEAT OF POWER AND THE
SEEMING HELPLESS APPROACH OF THE FCT POLICE TO NIB THE CRIMINALITY IN
THE BUD.

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WELCOME TO SECURITY NEWS BITS

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Bandits on Monday launched a deadly attack along the Tsafe-Funtua road in Zamfara State, killing multiple travellers and abducting others.

Sources said the incident occurred around 6 pm in Kucheri village, Tsafe Local Government Area.

A resident, who chose to remain anonymous, described how the bandits encountered vehicles on the busy road and opened fire, stopping the vehicles and killing some passengers while abducting others.

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that the country needs to do something urgently on insecurity which, he said, has taken over some parts of the nation.

Obasanjo stated this in Bauchi State, on Sunday, where he inaugurated road projects constructed by Governor Bala Mohammed.

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Move by the Department of State Services, DSS, to replace Adegboyega Fasasi, the Chief Security Officer, CSO, to President Bola Tinubu is drawing strong currents in the top intelligence and political circles in Abuja.

The new Director-General of the DSS, Mr Tosin Ajayi, had recently withdrawn Fasasi and replaced him with Rasheed Lawal, a deputy director in the service.

While the move was interpreted as part of the ongoing reorganisation of the service by Ajayi, it has, however, received criticism by some as a witch-hunt directed at the outgoing CSO.

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The Nigeria Immigration Service, on Monday, named social media personality, Okuneye Idris, otherwise known as Bobrisky, as a person of interest in an ongoing probe.

It also confirmed that its officers intercepted Idris at the Sème border while fleeing the country earlier in the day.

The controversy surrounding Bobrisky began in April 2024 when he was sentenced to six months in prison by the Federal High Court in Lagos for naira abuse.

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Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have arrested five suspects and impounded approximately 20,000 litres of crude oil, allegedly siphoned from a vandalized pipeline along the Umielechi/Izam Community in Abia State.

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The House of Representatives Committee on Navy has expressed its displeasure over the dismissal of Seaman Haruna Abbas by Nigerian Navy (NN) and the refusal of the Navy to provide information on the alleged acquisition of foreign platform without proper disclosure and due process.

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) had early this month announced the dismissal of a Naval rating, Seaman Haruna Abbas, from Service for disobeying orders.

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The Nigerian Army on Sunday reacted to reports claiming that the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, is dead.

An X user, Jackson Ude, had claimed that Labaja died of cancer in an undisclosed hospital overseas about 48 hours ago.

Ude claimed that Lagbaja’s death had been kept silent due to intense lobbying by some top army generals.

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The Governing Board of the People’s Security Monitor has fixed Tuesday, 6th December 2024, as the date for its 2024 Annual Security Conference and Recognition Awards. According to a statement by the management of the People’s Security Monitor, the event scheduled to be held at the Nigerian National Merit Award House, Maitama, Abuja, will be graced by top-class security chiefs and other stakeholders in the Nigerian security sector.

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Over 87 FCT residents killed, 176 kidnapped under Tinubu – Investigation

Over 250 violent attacks have been recorded across all six area
councils of the Federal Capital Territory since President Bola Tinubu
assumed office on May 29, 2023.

The incidents led to the death of no fewer than 87 residents of the
FCT, while 200 were kidnapped within the period.

The figures were sourced from Beacon Consulting, a local firm
monitoring security issues in the country, and several media reports
on violent attacks, including kidnapping and killings in the FCT.

Since the assumption of office of the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom
Wike, on August 16, 2023, there’s been a rise in violent attacks in
the nation’s capital.

The FCT is facing alarming surge in insecurity, prompting concerns
among residents and the authorities. The capital city, once considered
relatively immune to the prevalent security challenges in other parts
of the country, is now grappling with an escalating wave of criminal
activities, particularly kidnapping.

According to a 2020 report by SB Morgen, Abuja was ranked 11th among
locations with frequent abductions, a stark revelation of the evolving
security landscape in the region.

Over the last three years, close to 50 kidnap cases have been recorded
in Abuja, involving over 200 persons. The severity of the issue
becomes more apparent when examining the data from January 2021 to
June 2023, revealing approximately 40 recorded cases with 236 victims.
Between October and December 2023 alone, there were 13 recorded kidnap
incidents, impacting 80 victims.

These incidents are not isolated to specific areas but have occurred
in various locations within Abuja, including Gwagwalada Kuje, Lugbe,
Pegi, Abaji, Keti, and Kwali. What is particularly concerning is that
these incidents seem to occur unchallenged by security agencies,
allowing criminal elements to operate with impunity.

The economic toll of the rising insecurity is substantial, with
confirmed ransom payments totalling N653.7m between 2021 and 2022.
Residents and businesses in the affected areas are bearing the brunt
of the security challenges, and the impact on daily life and economic
activities is becoming increasingly pronounced.

The most notorious among the incidents over the past seven months
includes the abduction of seven persons, including six girls kidnapped
on January 5, 2024, in the Bwari Area Council.

Following a rise in the incidents, Nigerians have called on the
Federal Government and the security agencies to find a lasting
solution to the problem.

The Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, had recently
launched the Special Intervention Squad in the FCT to curb the
activities of kidnappers and bandits wreaking havoc, especially in
border towns within the territory.

The squad is charged with patrolling and securing the communities in
the border areas of the FCT, and intervening to curb and mitigate
violent attacks in the nation’s capital.

Following the inauguration of the SIS, its operatives commenced patrol
across the FCT and border towns, villages and hamlets.

The scourge of abduction, which has strangulated social and economic
activities in the North-East and the North-West, has spread nationwide
as bandits and other criminal elements have moved their operations
into major cities across the country, especially the FCT in recent
times.

The hoodlums, who hitherto operated on highways and in rural
communities, have in recent times escalated their attacks on residents
of Abuja, Lagos, Enugu, Kaduna and other urban centres.

And the question on many lips is: will tunji Disu the new police commissioner makes a difference by bringing down the scale the escalating crime in the FCT?

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This morning, we are being joined by–IGWE AND CHRIS RICHARD————-

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QUESTIONNAIRE

POOR POLICING AND INSUFFICIENT NUMBER OF SECURITY OPATIVES

CORRUTION AN ATRACTION

POLITICAL FACTOR

ABANDONED BULIDINGS HIDEOUT

PROLIFERATION OF SHANTIES

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