KEBBI GOVT DONATES 10 HILUX VEHICLES TO BOOST SECURITY ON SOKOTO–BADAGRY SUPER HIGHWAY. (PHOTOS).
Kebbi Govt Donates 10 Hilux Vehicles to Boost Security on Sokoto–Badagry Super Highway The Kebbi State Government has handed over 10 brand-new Hilux vehicles to the Federal Ministry of Works to strengthen security for personnel working on the Sokoto–Badagry Super Highway project. The vehicles were formally received by the Minister of State for Works, Bello Muhammad Goronyo, who praised Kebbi State Governor, Dr. Nasiru Idris (Kauran Gwandu), for the donation. Goronyo described the gesture as a clear demonstration of the state government’s commitment to protecting workers and contractors on the strategic highway corridor. He explained that the vehicles will be deployed exclusively to security operatives providing cover for construction teams along the section of the super highway passing through Kebbi State. The Sokoto–Badagry Super Highway is a multi-state infrastructure project aimed at improving connectivity and economic activities across northern and southern Nigeria. More...
A top investigator with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC,on June 24,2017 escaped death by the whiskers when gunmen opened fire on him in Port Garcourt,Rivers State.Mr Austin Okwor an operative in the Property Fraud Section of the EFCC Zonal office in Port Harcourt,had closed late for the day and as he left office,he was suddenly accosted by a gang of daredevil hoodlums who opened fire on him.Luckily for him,he was able to shake off his assailants but not without sustaining some bullet wounds as they kept firing at him.He was rushed to a private hospital in Port Harcourt where he is receiving treatment.According to Ishaq Salihu,Head of the Zonal office,the incident has already been reported to the Police in Port Harcourt.Okwor is one of the operatives investigating some sensitives cases including that pertaining to corrupt judicial officials.Before the incident underlines the hazards which operatives of the Commission are daily exposed to in the discharge of their duties.In 2010,precisely September 14,the head of the Commission's Forensic Unit,Abdullahi Muazu was shot and killed by unknown gunmen in Kaduna.Six months earlier a team of prosecutors returning to Enugu after a court appearance in Owerri,Imo state was attacked by gunmen who opened fire on them.Sergeant Eze Edoga the police escort was cut down while a senior counsel with the Commission,Joseph Uzor was critically wounded but survived.
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