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...

KAI BOSS,CONDEMNED THE ATTACK ON HIS MEMBERS BY HOODLUMS AT ILE-EPO MARKET,YESTERDAY.

                                 The KAI Marshal General,Mr Jimoh Amusat has condemned the attack on members of the Kick Against Indiscipline,the law enforcement unit of the Lagos State Ministry of Environment,who were attacked and wounded yesterday friday while clamping down on illegal traders at Ile-Epo market,in Agbado Oke-Odo Local Council Development Area of the state.The Marshall maintained that such attacks by these hoodlums,posing as illegal traders,will not deter the Agency from carrying out its statutory responsibilities,reaffirming that the state government would not relent in its efforts to step up enforcement to combat non-compliance with the State Environmental Law.Jimoh stated that the Operation/Enforcement was embarked upon following the expiration of the seven days ultimatum issued to illegal traders during a monitoring tour of the market by the Commissioner for the Environment,Dr Babatunde Adejare to vacate the places.He explained that their illegal activities had turned the road side and the parking spaces in the area into unauthorized market places despite series of advocacy/enlightenment programme on the danger it posed to the free flow of vehicles along that axis.''During the operation,which lasted for almost two hours,the illegal traders re-grouped and reinforced to attack KAI operatives,demanding that their members that were arrested with wares must be released to them unconditionally.One of the KAI operative,who was seriously wounded during the attack,had been taken to Orile Agege General Hospital for medical attention,while others that sustained minor injuries were brought to the KAI medical bay for treatment''.He noted also that some of the operational vehicles of the Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and KAI Brigade were damaged to an extent that the entire workforce on the enforcement trip had to retreat for safety following the hijacking of the whole exercise by the hoodlums.Those that were arrested have been handed over to the Task Force officials as their Head office at Alausa,Ikeja for prosecution.The enforcement team was led by the Special Assistant to the Governor on Environment Hon.Babatunde Hunpe and other KAI Brigade officials including the Deputy KAI Marshal.More photos below.                      

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