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Leo
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Trouble is coming to Yoruba land again. Yoruba slave king, Obasanjo, is arresting the princes of Yoroba land. Former Ogun governor, Olusegun Osoba, was yesterday arrested by Obasanjo's police over a dispute the former governor has with his successor. Will there be another killing like that of Bola Ige?

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bababoyz
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At least he did the right thing by following them to the station because he knows he has nothing to fear, unlike the coward warlord Ojukwu who is now in self-imposed detention at his home in Enugu.

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chima njoku
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If Obasanjo is brave enough,let him move and arrest Dim Ikemba Ojukwu. The greatest coward to hold the office of the presidency is no other but Obasanjo. In the history of nigeria no president has made the blunders this clueless coward, Obasanjo has continued to make.

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Chima
What did you expect to hear from the son of thief IG Adewusi. Talk about Coward if Bababoyz is what Yoroba warrior is made of, no wonder Obasanjo is afraid of a man who is in a maximum security prison.

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Big Guy
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bababoyz:

Peter Opara had you and your ilk in mind when he wrote:

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If only this fellow could in a magic moment, remove the haze in his eyes, if he could in one magic moment exorcise the demons infused in him by years of negative propaganda, then for once in his life he would be rational, and hopefully offer his readers factual and informed arguments, not irrational and hollow rant.

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Waypoint1Biafra
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I have come to find it so dawn difficult to understand why most us that live in this free world just don't get it. What makes this country or the western world exceptionally different, for the good is that they have the due process of the law.

The only difference between Ojukwu and the other Yoruba man is that there was no arrest warrant issued against Ojukwu and he stood for his right and unlike the other person that has a warrant for his arrest.It is with bad taste for any one[babayboyz] to imply or suggest that Ojukwu acted cowardly. Do we write for the puropse of being heard or make sense? Bits me.

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Thanks for giving the son IG Adewusi lesson 101 on law and order. Ojukwu even asked the stupid SSS to get a warrant for his arrest that he will comply. Then I am not surprised because Bababoyz have never worked in his adult life, he seat at home while his wife and daddy dearest feed him.

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Tagbo
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Yoruba/Edo Youth behead police officer.

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Ochiwar
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Lagos: Robbers Stage a Return, Target Banks
By Godwin Ifijeh, 05.23.2005

Like never before banks in Lagos are faced with a worrying security crisis. Every passing day, no thanks to a sudden resurgence of armed bandits, who have made bank their prime target, banks chiefs are becoming more apprehensive of the new development, which sees armed robbers break into their strong rooms at odd hours to cart away depositors' money.
As many as five banks have fallen victim in the last two months, the latest being a branch of one of the healthiest banks around today on Osolo Way, Ajao Estate, Off Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Road, Lagos.
The robbers, who stormed the bank in three mini buses during a down pour at about 12.30am, penultimate Sunday, broke in, using all sorts of equipment, including cutting and welding machines, hammers and such other tools that made it possible for them to dismantle the security barricade in place.
For over two hours, the robbers, like those involved in the previous operations, came with an electricity generator to power the electrical equipment, including the welding and cutting machines with which they broke into the bank, laid siege on the area, and held residents in the area hostage, shooting ceaselessly.
Deploying all their arsenals on the bank and its surroundings from the moment they arrived there, the two policemen and the bank's two security guards on duty managed to flee into safety, but occupants of a Mercedes Benz car with registration No. BG 440 RSH, passing by at that point in time were not so lucky. Some members of the armed gang, who were positioned outside the bank while the others operated inside fired at the racing Benz car, thinking that they were policemen. The driver of the vehicle was killed instantly, leaving the car to swerve off the road to hit the other side of the road. The dent was severe and the owner and another person with him, who were believed to be returning from a party, received serious injuries. The police later moved them along with the driver's corpse to the hospital.
The fifth of such attack on a bank since the assumption of office by the state new Commissioner of Police (CP) in Lagos State, Mr. Adewole Ajakaye, that Sunday's attack on the Isolo bank seriously shook police authorities in Lagos.
Ajakaye, who is known for not avoiding his Sunday worship, had to call off going to Church that Sunday morning for an on-the-spot assessment tour of the area and the bank in particular.
The commissioner, who went round the bank, was shocked at the ruthlessness of the robbers. Bullet holes were all over, on walls and vehicles parked in the premises, including a staff bus, which they completely shattered the glasses, before destroying the barriers to break into the banking hall and consequently its strong room. Ajakaye, who left the bank for the Ajao Estate Police Station, where the two policemen and the two security guards on duty at the bank at the time of the incident, were held as first suspects in the matter, was said to have later ordered after interrogating them that one of the guards be released on bail while the other and the two policemen were made to make written statements. They were later handed over to the head of the CP's anti-robbery squad, Ganji Abana, a deputy superintendent of police (DSP), for further interrogation. That decision did not go down well with policemen, including officers around, who did not see any reason why the policemen should be treated as suspects. One policeman queried: "Are they being treated as suspects because they were not killed by the robbers?"
Police sources at the Ajao Estate Police Station, including those who attempted to stop the robbers while the operation lasted, told THISDAY that the robbers, who came in large number, were out for a do-or-die battle.
According to them: "The robbers kept shooting without stop. Their gunshots were heard from far and near. In fact, we even thought there was a coup and when we later realised that they were robbers, we tried to move in. We arrived the area while they were still in the bank, they were shooting indiscriminately. We parked close by and we heard some of them, who were probably stationed outside, alerting the others that there were policemen around.
"The robbers came out en masse and attacked our vehicle, shooting at it ceaselessly. We abandoned the vehicle and ran into hiding."
The policemen said after the robbers had left, they fired several gunshots into the air and when there was no reply, they moved into the bank and met the havoc the robbers had wreaked on the bank.
In their words: "They broke the barriers, moved in, broke into the strong room and looted the place before leaving.
"In fact, they left behind two bags of unexpended ammunition to tell you how prepared they were. We later moved the injured occupants of the Mercedes Benz car and the dead driver to the hospital".
The refurbished police patrol vehicle by the Ajao Estate Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) with registration No.PF 5148 LA riddled with bullets by the robbers and the Mercedes Benz car were still lying around the area as at mid day penultimate Sunday.
As some residents of the area told THISDAY, between the bank and the near by DHL office, which the robbers also robbed, they operated for about three hours unchallenged. While the police team from Ajao Estate, who ventured to come near the scene fled into hiding, abandoning their vehicle, reinforcement from Isolo and Area �D�, Mushin, did not even go near there. While a policeman confessed that the firepower of the robbers was too much to handle, another said the instruction from the control room, which they were in touch with all through, detailing them to use their discretion further made them to keep away. Even at that there was so much anxiety among police officers in the area early that Sunday with claims all over the place that some policemen were missing. They only became relieved after all their men, who went out in the direction of the robbery, returned to their stations from hiding that morning.

Before that Sunday's robbery of the Isolo bank, there had been similar successful night robberies on banks at Surulere, Dopemu, Onipanu and Idumagbo in the last two months.
A similar strike on a Victoria Island bank was, however, not so successful. While the robbers had successfully cut open its wall and other barriers in the operation, which occurred last year, they had not gained access to its strong room before the police got wind of the operation and moved in to scare them away.
But unlike the lucky Victoria Island bank, the bank involved in the Surulere robbery lost N20million to the bandits. And like the Ajao Estate robbery, the robbers tore down the Surulere bank, broke into its strong room at about 2am and carted away the sum found there.
But in all the operations except the Ajao Estate's in which the driver of the Benz car was killed, no loss of life had been recorded. During the Surulere operation, night crawlers, who ran into them, were said to have been rounded up by the robbers, who collected their phones and locked them up in one of their vehicles until after their operation before they were let off. The robbers were even said to have cleared the way for them, ensured that they had all departed safely before they zoomed off.
In the same way, some residents around the Ajao Estate bank said while the operation lasted, the robbers were heard shouting: "Don't come out, if you come out you die, we came to collect government money."
Contacted on phone last Sunday, the Lagos CP, who was still very surprised at the manner the robbers went about the robbery, described it as well planned.
The bank, he said, was yet to know exactly how much was carted away by the robbers, explaining that the bandits, who were over 25 in number, operated for about an hour, expended over 700 bullets, and left seven bullet holes on the police patrol vehicle that conveyed some of his men that attempted to dislodge them.
Ajakaye stated that the police had already picked up some people in connection with the incident and that he was confident that the robbers would soon be apprehended.
He dismissed suggestions that with increasing cases of similar bank robberies in Lagos, a particular gang was probably behind it. He stated that while the possibility might not be ruled out, the police would want investigation to establish that.
The commissioner followed that up with a meeting with bank chiefs to evolve new security measures for the banks last Tuesday. While the meeting was not open to the media, the state command's anti-robbery squad head, Abana, was to later assure that those behind the new wave of bank robberies in the state would soon be apprehended.
However, one police officer spoke of a recent arrest of a gang, specialising in the robbery of banks by the Ganji Abana team and the acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Sunday Ehindero�s order that they be transferred to the State Anti-robbery Squad (SARS), Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) Annex, Adeniji Adele, Lagos.
The officer, who said the order caused so much disaffection among officers and men of the state command, particularly those of the anti-robbery squad, State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti, Yaba, Lagos, stated that up till press time they were unaware of what became of the suspects.
According to him: "The fear was that once they are transferred to SARS, Adeniji Adele, they will be released. We won't be surprised if they have actually be released because we didn't hear anything about the case again.
"About five of them in number, Ganji and his men arrested them while they were trying to rob a bank in the metropolis. They were international robbers, they were operating from outside the country, where they had their families, to rob banks in the country. They were held at Panti, where they were being interrogated. In fact, while they were being held, a corporal came to visit them in the cell from Panti. The corporal threatened them, telling them that they would rot in the cell unless they made good the agreement they earlier reached with him.
"Obvious to the gang members that they could not get off the hook this time around, they blew the whistle on the corporal. The policeman was promptly arrested and in the cause of interrogation it was discovered that members of the gang were once arrested by another police team at the state command headquarters last year, but a police officer, a superintendent of police (SP), now serving in Delta State, got them released after they allegedly paid him N1.5 million. The corporal was in the deal with the SP. They had promised to pay the corporal N1 million, they paid him N400,000 and promised to offset the balance later. They had not done so before they were arrested again recently. And determined to get the balance off them, he went to meet them in the cell when he heard that they had been arrested and threatened to make sure they rot in the cell unless they paid him the balance.
"The corporal was arrested, but just as investigators made moves to get the SP now away in Delta arrested, an order came from the IGP's office that the robbery suspects be transferred to SARS, Adeniji Adele, and that Panti should hands off the case. Off course, the IGP's order must be obeyed and the men were moved to SARS but like we feared, only God knows what has become of the men, they may have been released and if that is the case, they may well be out there again, attacking and robbing banks."
While it is left to be seen how the police would tackle the new night offensive by bank robbers, for bank authorities, security of the banks, flowing from the trend of the operations, was now beyond installing security doors, monitoring cameras and security alarm systems.
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In Lagos, Soldiers Battle Area Boys
By Godwin Ifijeh, 05.26.2005

By now, Lagos street urchins popularly known as Area Boys must have realised their folly in daring the lion's den. They had on Monday attacked a soldier for daring to ask them not to collect money from the driver of a vehicle he boarded. The hoodlums, who used bottles and knives on the soldier, beat him into a state of coma, drove a knife into his stomach and had his liver pierced with the knife before colleagues, who ran out from other vehicles, could rescue him. The touts equally descended on other soldiers, beat and injured five other ones, three of them equally very severe to set the stage for what has now become a war on the Area Boys by soldiers.
Three of the six soldiers now lying critically ill in a hospital are now on danger list even after undergoing a number of operations.
Until last Monday, the boys, who are in their tens and twenties, had operated lords, extorting money daily from commercial motor cycles, buses, trucks ferrying goods, people setting up new buildings or renovating existing ones, and traders as if Lagos was their colony.
The boys, whose origin cuts across the states of the Southern part of the country, particularly those of the South West, South East, Edo and Delta, but were all born in Lagos and speaks Yoruba fluently, operate with the backing of some godfathers to whom they make returns.
At bus stops, motor parks and even on by-pass roads, the touts voluntarily carry on with their collection of money without hindrance. They not only molest and beat up drivers and conductors of vehicles, who resist giving them money, they at other times they damage or confiscate their side mirrors, seats and other parts that could easily be detached from such vehicles or shatter their windscreens.
For Mrs. Morenike Adebayo, a trader on the Agege-Motor Road, Oshodi, it is time government acts and deal decisively with the menace of the touts once and for all. The Areas Boys, according to her, do not give them breathing space.
"For those of us selling along the road, they collect N20 in the morning before they allow you to spread your wares and another N20 in the evening before you leave. Failure to give them that money means you will not be allowed to sell the following day. They are the ones who allocate spaces for people to sell, if you move into any place without their consent; you are promptly chased away.
"From the way they operate, apart from their godfathers, who are always at the background, and they make daily returns to, they appear in most cases to have the backing of the Iyalojas (Market Mothers). This is because some of them even serve as body guards to them," Mrs. Adebayo alleged.
On the part of the commercial bus drivers, Tunde Oloko, who operates on the Oshodi-Mile II Expressway, said they at times feel like not continuing with the business anymore as they virtually work for the touts.
"At every bus stop and park on that road, you lose as much as N200 to the boys per trip, there is no way you can dodge not giving them the money. If you don�t do that, you risk being attacked and getting your glasses broken or your side mirrors confiscated by them or your conductor, being thoroughly whipped. They don't fear anybody, even when you have a policeman or soldier in the vehicle, they still insist on collecting money from you, ignoring the security agents even where they appeal to them to leave you. Those boys are notorious, government must act now and put a stop to their menace," Oloko argued.
In the same vain, Yemi Odubela, Executive Officer, Lagos State Transport Management Authority (LASTMA), expressed disgust at the activities of the boys, stating that they had not only become a menace to free flow of traffic in the Lagos metropolis, they had become a nuisance to the economic progress of the state.
According to the LASTMA boss, the boys forcibly disrupt traffic flow so that they could collect money from commercial bus drivers caught up in the hold ups. Odubela, who explained that the Governor Bola Tinubu Administration was thoroughly fed up with the activities of the boys, said they had on many occasions attacked and chased away his boys while controlling traffic to hinder traffic flow so that they could carry on with their business of money extortion from commercial vehicle drivers.
The unhindered bold operations of the boys had given the impression that they had the backing of the state authorities. Those who hold this view believe that it was a way of compensating them and their godfathers for their contribution toward the election of Tinubu as governor of the state. Further reinforcing this line of thought is the fact that since the state government came to power in May, 1999, it has only be mouthing its intention to do �something� about their activities without action.
Added to that, months after the state government announced that it has built a vocational/rehabilitation camp with millions of naira for the boys at Ita Oko Island, not one of them is known to have been taken there. When the state governor went on an inspection tour of facilities at the centre early this year, he announced to the relief of Lagosians that it would clear the streets of the Area Boys, who would be taken to the Island, where they would be rehabilitated and made to acquire vocational skills. But that has not come to pass months after. In fact, nothing is even heard about the project anymore.
However, an official of the state government, who chose to remain anonymous, told THISDAY on Tuesday that the government had not abandoned the project. The official, who said, government was putting final touches to facilities at the centre and working on the logistics, denied that the operations of the boys had the backing of the government. He said their votes or support made no impact in the election of Tinubu, as they were probably not up to 5,000 involved in the act, he said the police was to blame for the problem.
According to him: "There is a law against touting in the state, the police have chosen not to enforce it for whatever reason best known to them. Find out from the police if they had ever arrested and prosecuted a tout and the state government asked them to release him.
However, there are those who argue that their collection of money from vehicles have stemmed their involvement in such criminal activities as robbery, pick pocketing and stealing." As things have turned out, Monday's clash with some soldiers in Lagos may prove the death nail on their coffins.
Until Wednesday when commercial activities returned to the busy and densely populated Oshodi community, uneasy calm descended the area all through Tuesday with soldiers and policemen taking position at strategic locations in the locality and beyond.
People passing through the area were made to raise up their hands while vehicles kept off the roads. The market too was closed as traders kept away, and had their shops under lock and key.
The soldiers further extended their presence to the Oshodi-Mile II Expressway, Mile II, Bolade, where they allegedly molested innocent passersby, Maryland and all other known areas on the mainland where the Area Boys operate freely, extorting money from commercial vehicles and motor cycles. They were out, scouting for the Area Boys to avenge the attack on their colleague and to flush them out once and for all.
Some soldiers, who were believed to be from the Ikeja Army Cantonment, had on Monday clashed with some of the boys in the Lagos suburb after they allegedly stabbed a soldier earlier in the day with bottles. The late evening fracas, which saw about a dozen vehicles, including commercial buses burnt, vandalised and glasses shattered, left commuters comprising people returning from their work and business places stranded.
They also did not spare the office of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in the area. This was after they injured six soldiers, three of whom, including the earlier one attacked by the hoodlums, were now on danger list in hospital.
Attempts to get the army to comment on the incident were in vain as the Director of Army Public Relations (DAPR), Col. Mohammed. D. Yusuf's telephone rang all through without being answered, but Lagos State Police Command Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Bode Ojajuni, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), denied reports of any loss of life in the incident. The police spokesman, who said calm has been restored to the area, stated that the police were investigating the cause of the matter, as there were many versions of what actually led to it.
According to him, immediately the police got reports of attempts by some people in military uniform to barricade the Oshodi-Mile II Expressway, they got in touch with the Army authorities, who told them that they were not in the know of such action. The authorities, he said promised to move in to ascertain what the situation was.
The police, according to him, later restored law and order to the area, maintaining that there was no death from the incident. However, by Tuesday night, the army authorities were said to have ordered the withdrawal of the soldiers from Oshodi and the neighbourhood.
But that order appeared not to have been immediately heeded as soldiers, bearing machetes and other dangerous weapons were still seen in mufti up till late Tuesday night, searching for the boys at Mile ll. On the Lagos-Badagry Expressway up to Orile, the soldiers were said to have apprehended a number of the boys at Oshodi. It was not clear what they did with them, having taken them away. There was strong opinion in the area that they may have eliminated them since they were out on a vengeance mission. But they disproved that notion when on Wednesday they handed over 63 Area Boys in their custody to the police.
However, flowing from that Tuesday�s action of the soldiers, the boys were completely out of sight in the metropolis on Wednesday.
There was a general feeling of joy among Lagosians on the soldiers� determination to flush out the boys once and for all.
A group of market women had on Tuesday staged a solidarity demonstration at Oshodi for the soldiers. The women, who denounced the touts, charged the state government to cash on the situation and ensure that an end is put to the activities of the boys in the metropolis
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