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...

A PETROL TANKER CRASHED KILLING ABOUT 6 PEOPLE YESTERDAY ALONG UYO-CALABAR HIGHWAY.{PHOTO}.


                    According to PM News,at least six persons were feared dead in a petrol tanker crash which occurred at Kilometre 8,Obong Itam,along Uyo-Calabar highway around 8:30 pm yesterday monday.It was learnt that the driver,in a hurry to escape police arrest,sped off and crashed into the pavement along the highway.The News Agency of Nigeria {NAN} learnt that a tricycle was trapped and the passengers in the tricycle died in the inferno.According to an eye witness,Mr Cyril Ekpenyong from Obong Itam,the tricycle rider,was taken to a hospital,but died thereafter.Ekpenyong said that the driver refused to stop when the police flagged the truck to stop,but the police did not pursue the vehicle.He said that the thinking of truck driver was that the police team was pursuing him as he had poor lighting even at the rear.''We saw the truck as thee police were trying to flag it down because it was driving with one headlamp which was not even bright.The driver did not mind the police as he veered to the right of the policemen to escape''.

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