SPECIAL REPORT NAIJA

Killers of Fasoranti’s daughter will be found & brought to book – IGP Adamu; Obasanjo Reacts to Murder of Fasoranti’s Daughter; Killing of Fasoranti’s daughter: Don’t blame us when we react — Gani Adams; Gunmen Kill Sen. Abbo’s Uncle, Kidnap His Stepmother – NAN; IGP orders security overhaul on southern highways; Indigenous People of Abuja give FG 48hrs to end Shi’ites protests . . .

Killers of Fasoranti’s daughter will be found & brought to book – IGP Adamu

The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Muhammed Adamu, has assured the Nation that the killers of Mrs. Funke Olakunrin, daughter of the leader of the Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organization, Afenifere, Chief Reuben Fasoranti will certainly be found and made to face the full weight of the Law.

Photo: Mrs. Funke Olakunrin.

The IGP noted that the Ondo State Police Command, backed by Special Forces and seasoned investigators from the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) and the Technical Intelligence Unit (TIU) deployed from the Force Headquarters, Abuja, on his directives, have already commenced a massive manhunt for the killers with a view to tracking, arresting and bringing them to justice.

Obasanjo Reacts to Murder of Fasoranti’s Daughter

Nigeria Diminished by Her Death – OBJ

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that Nigeria has been diminished by the killing of the daughter of Afenifere leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, late Mrs Funke Olakunri, by suspected herdsmen in Ondo state on Friday. Obasanjo declared that the killing, by suspected Fulani herdsmen was a worrisome development in the polity, especially, at a time when all well-meaning Nigerians were preaching tolerance and political accommodation in national poltics.

“I must say, Nigeria, as a whole, is diminished by the manner of Funke’s death. We deplore this dastardly act and seize this opportunity to call on governments at all levels to leave no stone unturned in ensuring that our security agents vigorously pursue and find the perpetrators of such heinous crime and make them face the full weight of the law. We must, together, find solution to all acts of insecurity in the country, particularly acts of banditry, kidnapping, robbery and killing by the suspected Fulani herdsmen . . . Because, I have to be in Morocco, I am sending a delegation of Otunba Oluwole Fasawe and Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola with this letter and to personally deliver my condolence . . .” – Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of Nigeria.

Killing of Fasoranti’s daughter: Don’t blame us when we react — Gani Adams

The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, has expressed worry over Friday’s killing of Funke Olakunrin, daughter of the leader of pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti saying “We are not bereft of ideas of how to stop this criminality on our land.” He said the Yoruba people are not paper tigers and dogs who can only bark without biting, adding: “We only want the whole world to know what has been done and being done to our people.”

Photo: The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams.

Adams, who is the Leader of Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, described Olakunrin’s killing by suspected herdsmen in Ondo State as one too many Fulani who are invading the South West in their numbers and perpetrating atrocities. He said:

“They should be aware of the actions that preceded our reaction when it eventually comes. We are not bereft of ideas of how to stop this criminality on our land. “It is just so that we should not be blamed when the reaction comes. “We are like the proverbial goat that it being chased. When it gets to the wall, it will certainly react. We are at that stage now.” – The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams.

Gunmen Kill Sen. Abbo’s Uncle, Kidnap His Stepmother – NAN

Adamawa Police Command has confirmed the killing of an uncle to Sen. Ishaku Abbo and the abduction of his step mother. The command Spokesman, DSP Suleiman Yahaya, confirmed the incident to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola on Saturday. Yahaya said the incident occurred on Saturday at about 3 a.m. at the family house of Abbo in Muchalla Village of Mubi North Local Government Area.

Photo: Sen. Ishaku Abbo.

Yahaya explained that the abductors were taking away the step mother identified as Rifkatu when Abbo’s uncle came out of his house nearby and raised alarm, but was immediately shot to death by the fleeing gunmen. “Our men from the Inspector General of Police team are after them,” the police command spokesman, DSP Suleiman Yahaya, said.

IGP orders security overhaul on southern highways

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Muhammed Adamu has ordered a total overhaul of security on south-west, south-south and south-east highways. He also assured that the killers of Mrs. Funke Olakunrin, daughter of the leader of the Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organization, Afenifere, Chief Reuben Fasorantin will be found and made to face the full weight of the Law.

Photo: The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Muhammed Adamu.

Police spokesman DCP, Frank Mba, who made this known in statement on Saturday, added that the IGP noted that the Ondo State Police Command, backed by Special Forces and seasoned investigators from the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) and the Technical Intelligence Unit (TIU) deployed from the Force Headquarters, Abuja, have commenced a massive manhunt for the killers with a view to tracking, arresting and bringing them to justice.

Mr. Mba stated:

“while condemning the heinous and barbaric crime, the IGP, as part of measures to prevent a future occurrence of such incidence, has ordered the total overhaul of security architecture on the highways straddling the Southern part of the country.” – Police spokesman, DCP Frank Mba.

Indigenous People of Abuja give FG 48hrs to end Shi’ites protests

The Indigenous People of Abuja [the Natives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)] Abuja, have given the Federal Government 48 hours to end the unwarranted series of protests in Abuja by the Shi’ites sect – the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (MNI). The natives warned that further protests by the group in the nation’s capital might be rebuffed by the indigenous people of Abuja. The natives described the recent protest by the group as constituting nuisance in the society, and warned that if government failed to take decisive steps to tackle the group, it might escalate.

Photo: The leader of Islamic Movement of Nigeria otherwise a.k.a. Shi’ites, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky.

Speaking to the media in Abuja, the group’s spokesman, Comrade Yunusa Yusuf, said:

“We are disturbed by the recent protest by Shi’ites movement to the National Assembly which turned violent and left many residents with various degrees of injuries and destruction of property. We are sad because the Shi’ites group are not the only aggrieved group in this country. We the indigenous people of Abuja are equally aggrieved over so many issues ranging from ministerial slot and deliberate marginalisation of our people. “We did not take the laws into our hands, but we have conducted ourselves peacefully even in the face of provocation by security agents. Therefore, we do not see any reason why certain group will disrupt the peace of our land. At this point, we are giving the Federal Government 48 hours to end the Shiites protests or we might do it our own way.”