NUT PROTEST : WIKE WARNS AGAINST POLITICISING INSECURITY. (PHOTO).

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 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...

PIRATES ON A SPEED-BOAT IN NIGER DELTA,KILLED & STOLE WEAPONS FROM A MILITARY BASE ON FRIDAY.

             According to the police and armed forces,said yesterday saturday that,suspected Pirates traveling by speedboat killed four soldiers and a policeman and stole weapons in a raid on a military base in the Niger Delta region.Police spokesman Asinim Butswat said ''The gunmen attacked the mixed military and police Joint Task Force {JTF}base at Nembe in Bayelsa state around 11:30 pm on friday'.Four speedboats loaded with unknown gunmen,suspected to be sea pirates,attacked the JTF base at Nembe waterfront....killing four soldiers and one policeman.The suspected pirates took weapons from the base.A combined military and police team was searching local creeks to find the attackers''.Defense spokesman colonel Rabe Abubakar who confirmed the attack said ''Suspected oil bunkerer's carried out the attack''.

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