KIDNAPPING OCCURS DAILY IN KOGI, BANDITS TOOK 28 RESIDENTS ON MONDAY — SUNDAY KARIMI.(PHOTO).

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 Senator Sunday Karimi has raised concerns over the growing incidence of kidnapping and banditry in Kogi State, describing abductions as a daily occurrence in the state. Karimi made the remarks on Wednesday during plenary while contributing to a motion of urgent public importance sponsored by Senator Abdulfatai Buhari on the recent abduction of schoolchildren and teachers in Ogbomoso. The lawmaker said kidnapping and banditry have become major security challenges threatening the stability of the country, stressing that responsibility for addressing the menace should not rest solely on the Federal Government. According to him, bandits invaded Ayedun Bunu, a community in Kogi West Senatorial District, in the early hours of Monday and abducted 28 residents. He noted that such incidents have become frequent in Kogi State, adding that communities continue to face security threats from criminal elements. Karimi called on lawmakers to accelerate legislative action on proposals for the est...

UGANDA OPPOSITION LEADER BOBI WINE FLEES COUNTRY AFTER TENSE ELECTION. (PHOTO).


 Uganda opposition leader Bobi Wine flees country after tense election


Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine said on Saturday he fled the country to escape a military search for him in the aftermath of a disputed presidential election.


Wine, whose real name is Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, went into hiding shortly after the Jan. 15 presidential election. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni won the election with 71.6% of the vote, according to official results that Wine rejects as fake.


Wine’s location has been unknown to the general public for weeks, with growing concern for his safety after the army chief, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, repeatedly posted threats against him on social platform X, AP reported.


Kainerugaba, the president’s son, has suggested Wine is wanted for unspecified crimes. Ugandan police say they are not looking for him.


In a video message posted on X on Saturday, an unshaven Wine said he managed to leave Uganda but did not reveal where he went.


“Fellow Ugandans and friends of Uganda all over the world, by the time you see this video I will have left the country for some critical engagements outside Uganda,” he said.


‘I will come back’


“And at the right time I will come back and continue with the cause. I thank all of you fellow Ugandans who have concealed and protected me for all this time when the regime was looking for me.”


He said it was impossible for Ugandan security operatives to find him “because the people have protected me.”


Ugandan soldiers raided Wine’s house the day after the January 15 vote, but the opposition leader had already gone into hiding, fearing for his life after campaigning for weeks in helmet and flak jacket at rallies where security forces were a constant presence.

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