LASEMA, OTHERS, INTENSIFY SAFETY OPERATIONS IN IKOLA COMMUNITY. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE
LASEMA, OTHERS, INTENSIFY SAFETY OPERATIONS IN IKOLA COMMUNITY … Continues Controlled Demolition of Illegal Structures Under High-Tension Powerline The Lagos State Government, through the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), in close coordination with the Lagos State Police Command and the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), has intensified ongoing safety operations in the Ikola community to protect residents following recent communal tensions and the discovery of extensive informal settlements beneath high-tension electricity power lines. The recent clash between members of the Hausa and Yoruba communities in Ikola underscored a more fundamental and urgent public safety concern: the grave danger posed to human life by residential structures erected directly under high-voltage transmission lines. Such informal settlements contravene national and international safety standards and expose thousands of citizens to the unacceptable risks of electrocution, fire outbreak, and...
Today wednesday,the Nigerian Police arraigned a 28 year old man Adamu Haruna,before a Senior Magistrates Court in Katsina for allegedly leading a gang of cattle rustlers terrorising communities in Katsina state.The accused,who resides at Danke village of Safana Local Government Area of Katsina state,was arraigned on a one count charge of leading a gang of thieves that specialised in cattle rustling.The Police First Information Report {FIR} stated that the accused was arrested by the state's Anti-Cattle Rustling Military Team on September 11 at about 9:30om in Marmara village.''The soldiers under the command of Maj.Hamza Abdullahi,arrested the suspect,following a tip off that he was the leader of the cattle rustlers in the area.The soldiers were informed that the suspect had been organising the theft of cows and terrorising the villagers,who owned the cows.When accosted by the soldiers in his hide out at Marmara village,the accused failed to give any satisfactory explanation about his business or involvement in cattle rustling''.The Magistrate said that the court would not take the plea of the accused,as it had no jurisdiction to do so.The Magistrate explained that the accused was arraigned before the court for the purpose of cognisance only and ordered the case file to be forwarded to the state Ministry of Justice for advice.She directed the police to continue with the investigation and adjouned the case till October 27 for continuation.Hmm.One more photo below. 
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