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Speaker 1: Men of the Nigeria Police Force in a Nambra State

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have arrested a soldier with the Nigerian Army dominik Ooras

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for alleged kidnapping in the state. According to a Nambra

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State Police Command, the suspect confessed he deserted from the

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Nigerian Army or absconded from military duties since November twenty

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twenty four. Adding, four suspected members of the Biafra Secessionist

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armed group have been shot dead in a joint operation

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with the operatives of Agony Chamber Local Vigilante Group that

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lasted over fifteen hours at our community in the Arumba

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North Local Government Area of Anambra State. According to the

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spokesperson of the Enambra State Police Command, s P. Tochukuakenga,

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in a sustained effort to rid a Nambra’s state of

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criminal elements, police operatives attached to the Rapid Response Squad

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or Kuzu, in collaboration with the Enambra State Vigilante Group

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av gen Aginekemba, acting on credible intelligence, stormed a secessionist

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terrorist camp at hour Arumba North Nae Local Government Area

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of Anambra State in the early hours of the twenty

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first of August twenty twenty five, during the well coordinated

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operation that lasted for more than fifteen hours. The operative

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successfully dislodged the insurgents rescued a victim who had earlier

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been kidnapped and held hostage in the camp. It was

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reported that despite the payment of a ransom of twenty

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million miers only by the victim’s family, the hoodlums aborted

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his release until he was eventually freed by the joint

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security team. In the fierce gun battle that ensued, four

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of the criminal elements were neutralized. Exhibits recovered at the

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camp include two pump action guns, one fabricated Act forty

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seven rifle, one K two assault rifle, one locally made

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hunter gun, one radio transmission box, three locally made improvised

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explosive devices IEDs, two empty gas cylinders, two wraps of

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cable wires, three bags of fifty kilograms rice, one driver’s license,

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one national identity card, one black Lexis r X three

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hundred and fifty GEP with registration number ACA three hundred

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and forty MEGAAMPEZ three Toyota Camry cars with registration number

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ABC two hundred and sixty eight, f q E k

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Y one hundred and fifty one CD and FGG seven

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hundred and six. ME also recovered a one black Toyota

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Camri car, five mobile phones in Phoenix X six seven,

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one six B Techno Spark KL four and three analog phones,

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sleeping materials, one desert boot, one big couler and a

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roll of tarpaulin. The Commissioner of Police CP Ikioa or Atugu,

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while assuring who the Enanmere that the command remains resolute

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in its commitment to ensuring safety and security, has assured

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that extensive operations are ongoing in the area to track

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down and arrest other fleeing suspects as well as destroy

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other criminal camps in the state. Further developments would be

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communicated in due course. Sp Tochukua kenga police public relations officer,

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an Ambra State Police Command stated this in a press

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release on the twenty ninth of August twenty twenty five.

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In a separate press release issued earlier on Tuesday, Touchuku

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said the Anambra State Police Command, in a swift operation

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on the twenty seventh of August twenty twenty five, arrested

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five suspected members of a notorious armed robbery and kidnapping.

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Nigerian Railway Corporation NRC says it has directed the third

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party ticketing company to refund the money paid by all

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five hundred eighty three passengers on board the Abuja Kaduna

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train that derailed at Asham community in Kaduna State on Tuesday,

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saying although no death casualty was recorded, but four out

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of the seven persons that sustained injuries were serious, while

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two of them were discharged immediately at the hospital. NRC,

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in a statement on Tuesday, said following the derailment of

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the Kaduna band Abuja Kaduna trains service earlier today at Ashen,

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Kaduna State, the Nigerian Railway Corporation NRC wishes to provide

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an update on the situation. A total of six hundred

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and eighteen persons comprising five hundred and eighty three passengers,

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fifteen NRC crew members, one medical personnel, eight cleaners and

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eleven catering staff were successfully evacuated from the train. Out

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of this number, seven passengers sustained varying degrees of injury

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and were immediately transported by ambulances to hospital facilities by

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medical personnel mobilized to the site. The remaining passengers were

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conveyed safely back to Ridhu and Kubwa stations aboard a

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rescue train dispatched from Idu for that purpose. All have

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since returned safely to their destinations. In line with our

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commitment to passenger welfare, our third party ticketing company has

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been directed to immediately issue refunds to WIS all passengers

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on board the affected service. Furthermore, the process of investigation

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into the incident has commenced under the supervision of relevant

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authorities and the Federal Ministry of Transportation. Meanwhile, all Abuja

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Kaduna Train Services aktes have been temporarily suspended pending recovery

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of the site, further clearance and official announcement of service resumption.

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We sincerely regret the inconvenience caused and thank our esteem

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passengers and the general public for their understanding, the Nigerian

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Railway Corporation NRC stated in a press release signed by

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its Managing Director, kyode Opeifa. NRC had earlier, in a

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statement on Tuesday, said that the train derailed around eleven

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a m at Asham community in Kaduna State. Videos made

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available online by victims of the train accident indicated that

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some of the train coaches overturned as passengers and crew

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members on board stood at the hilling part of the

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bush waiting for rescue. Close observers said that the latest

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train accident adds to the troubled history of the Kaduna

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Abuja rail line, which has experienced several incidents in recent years,

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including the deadly bandits attack in March twenty twenty two

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that led to the killing of some of the passengers

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on board the train, with many of them also kidnapped

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and held hostage for months till ransom was paid. The

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latest derailment comes just a week after the Nigerian Railway

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Corporation NRC reported another fault on the same corridor, when

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one of the train’s coach wheels developed a hot axle

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near Rigassa station in Kaduna. The NRC explained that the fault,

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caused by excessive heat, was quickly managed and the train

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was returned safely to Kaduna. In a statement issued on

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August twenty first, twenty twenty five, the NRC had said

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the Nigerian Railway Corporation has confirmed that one of the

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coaches wheel on the Abuja Kaduna train service a k I.

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Apparently angered by the continuous mass killings in Imho State,

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the Commissioner of Police, Aboki dan Juma has personally led

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a squad of Joint security team to forests in a

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Kigwai area of the state in search of the leaders

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and members of the Biafra Liberation Army that comprises a

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black marine often operating between Nigeria and Cameron Borders. Biafra

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resistance fighters always operating within the Southeast States, especially co

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ordinating attacks against nigeria security infrastructures within the connecting forests

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between a Kigwe in Imho, Umaniochi Ahafia in Abia, a

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Fikpo Ishiagu in a Bonni Ihiala in Anambra and Ugu

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in Enugu, among other sub groups that are mostly commanded

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by Ifanyachuku or pegu Akramenta s Aka Major General Gentiljao,

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who hails from a Ku community in a Kigwei local

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government area that is currently witnessing mass killings in recent days.

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This the Director General of the Department of State Services

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dssdg Adeola, a Lutosnajagi was seen in Inhos State on

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Tuesday after a video went viral showing three young men

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suspected to be members of Biafra Fighters shot dead at

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a close range by someone suspected and widely believed to

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be Major General Gentlegoo, who had accused the three young

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men of armed robbery. Thus he said, the three young men,

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who maybe in their twenties, abandoned the duty posts and

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used their BAFRA service guns to rob passengers by collecting

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their phones after the passenger’s vehicle broke down on the road.

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The video elicited widespread condemnations against the BAFRA commander, Major

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General Gentlegou, who had vowed in some video press releases

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that he would always take action against any member of

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the Biafra Fighters that involved himself in the act of

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robbery against certain members of the public like innocent civilians.

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According to the Inho State Command of the Nigeria Police Force,

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the Commissioner of Police Imho State Command, c P. Aboki

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dan Juma has deployed the Command’s tactical teams in synergy

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with other sister security agencies and local vigilantes to hunt

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down the suspected ipob ESN miscreants responsible for the censless

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attack that claimed the lives of five residents in Ajinamuna Heziniki,

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a Kigwei local Government area on the twenty second of

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August twenty twenty five, at about twenty two thirty hours.

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During the attack, heade George Mail, a member of the

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local Youth Security team, together with four villages identified as

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a meccaes Agula male, Chico Deesa Agulla female, Chile Chileke

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male and a gk Nawanquo male were fatally shot. The

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assailants further set ablaze the residents of the youth security

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leader and destroyed five motorcycles. Upon receipt of the distress report,

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Police Operative Swift mobilized to the scene and evacuated the

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victims to General Hospital Perkigwe, where doctors confirmed them dead

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on arrival. Their remains have been deposited at the hospital mortuary,

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while one survivor is currently receiving medical treatment. The Commissioner

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of Police C. P. Aboki dan Juma, who is personally

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leading an intense operation in a Kigwe alongside other security agencies,

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condemned the heinous act and assured that no stone will

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be left unturned in bringing the perpetrators to bring BRINGI

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in the mortgag