THE DEPUTY CHIEF WHIP OF THE NIGERIAN SENATE, EMMANUEL IBOK ESSIEN, HAS COMMENDED GOV. ALEX OTTI FOR TRANSFORMING ABA AND OTHER MAJOR CITIES IN ABIA STATE IN UNCOMMON URBAN INFRASTRUCTURES DEVELOPMENT AND SANITATION. (PHOTO).

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 The Deputy Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate, Emmanuel Ibok Essien, has commended Governor Alex Otti for transforming Aba and other major cities in Abia State in uncommon urban infrastructures development and sanitation. Essien, Founder, Ritman University, Ikot Ekpene, noted that a drive through Aba and Umuahia on a journey to neighbouring Rivers State, now leaves the traveler with delight on the scale urban renewal Otti’s administration has carried out in Abia just over two years in office. Senator Essien observed saying; "The turnaround of Aba urban roads and drainages, including reconstruction of once dilapidated Port Harcourt Road, now modernised into a six-lane carriageway with streetlights, roundabouts, restoring a major economic artery abandoned for decades. "I was part of the team of Engineers that supervised the original construction of Aba Urban Roads and Drainages by MCC, included the Port Harcourt Road in Aba between 1979 and 1983, when Abia was under old Imo Sta...

LAKURAWA TERROR GROUP CAME FROM NIGER TO NIGERIA SIX YEARS AGO- SECURITY EXPERT. (PHOTO).


 Lakurawa terror group came from Niger to Nigeria six years ago – Security expert


A security expert, Bulama Bukarti, has claimed that the Lakurawa terror group currently causing havoc in Sokoto and Kebbi states is not new.


Bukarti said the group has been in the country since about six years ago, alleging that they usually enter the country from Niger Republic.


The Defence Headquarters recently raised an alarm about the emergence of a new terrorist group called Lakurawa in the northwestern part of Nigeria.


According to reports, the group has launched deadly attacks in some parts of the region, killing unsuspecting citizens.


Speaking on the development, Bukarti, who was featured on a Channels TV programme on Monday, said the group has been “sporadically living or camping in the northwestern part of Nigeria for over six years now.


“They first started illegally entering Nigeria around 2016, 2017 but they did not stay permanently.


“What they do—and that’s what they do still today—is that they move in, stay for a few months, and then they go back to the Sahel or wherever they are coming from in Niger [Republic].”


He claimed security agencies, especially the Department of State Services, DSS, were aware of the existence of the group.

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