NUT PROTEST : WIKE WARNS AGAINST POLITICISING INSECURITY. (PHOTO).
NUT Protest : Wike Warns Against Politicising Insecurity The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has warned against politicising insecurity amid protests by the Nigeria Union of Teachers, FCT wing, over the killing and abduction of school staff and children in Oyo State. Teachers stormed the FCTA Secretariat in Abuja to condemn the killing of Michael Oyedokun and to demand the release of abducted pupils and teachers from Community High School, Ahoro-Esinle in Oriire Local Government Area. The FCT minister addressed the protesters on Tuesday, saying the federal government is on its toes working to secure the rescue of the schoolchildren and their teachers. Wike urged protesters to avoid turning the tragedy into a political issue and to give security efforts time to produce results. Chairman of the union in the FCT, Mr Abdullahi Shafa, explained that the nationwide solidarity protest was to condemn the killing of the teacher and abduction of the school chil...
According to Kano police spokeman Musa Majiya he said ''the bomber struck Gold Coast street in the Sabon Gari area also called Foreign Quarters in Kano on sunday evening.The bomb killed five people and is an area mostly inhabited by christians''.According to an eye witness Abdul Dafar, he said ''I heard a loud blast and there was a lot of smoke.Soldiers came in to cordon off the place,ambulances were rushing people to the hospital'.The suicide car bomber killed five people on the street on sunday and there was no immediate claim of responsibility but all fingers points at the Boko Haram group.
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