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  • JTF Arrests 40-Year-Old Logistics and Drug Supplier to Bandits in Kogi

    By Noah Ocheni, Lokoja

    The Joint Security Task Force (JTF) in Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State has arrested a 40-year-old man, Owoloja Femi, suspected to be a logistics and drug supplier to bandits operating in the region.

    The arrest comes barely 10 days after the apprehension of a monarch’s son and another accomplice for allegedly supplying cannabis and hard drugs to criminal groups in the area.

    Owoloja, an indigene of Ejiba and Chairman of the Okada Riders Association, Ejiba Branch, was arrested around 7:30 p.m. on Saturday during a routine JTF patrol along Saminaka Road in Odo-Eri.

    According to security sources, Owoloja and an accomplice, who is currently on the run, had already loaded two cartons of hard drugs onto a motorcycle when they sighted the patrol team. While his partner escaped, Owoloja was apprehended after a brief chase as he attempted to flee the scene.

    Preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect procured the drugs from a chemist shop in Egbe for delivery to bandits hiding in nearby forests. The JTF recovered the two cartons of illicit drugs, a motorcycle, and N600,000 in cash, believed to be proceeds or operational funds from the illegal transaction.

    Security operatives have since detained the suspect for further interrogation, as investigations continue to uncover other collaborators, financiers, and supply networks aiding banditry and drug trafficking in Yagba West.

    Reacting to the arrest, the Executive Chairman of Yagba West Local Government Area and Chairman of Kogi State ALGON, Hon. Tosin Olokun, commended the JTF for its swift action and ongoing efforts to dismantle criminal logistics networks across the region.

    In a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Adeyemi Babarinde Sunday, the Chairman reaffirmed the Council’s commitment to ensuring security and peace in all communities within the local government.

    He further warned residents against aiding, harboring, or conducting any form of transaction with criminal elements, stressing that anyone found culpable would be prosecuted according to the law.

    Olokun assured that the local government would continue to collaborate with security agencies to strengthen intelligence sharing and sustain the fight against crime in Kogi State.

  • Bandits killed JTF commander in Zamfara

    Bandits killed JTF commander in Zamfara


    By Gabriel Udeh, Kaduna

    Reports has just rented the public air that the commander of Joint Task Force (JTF), Zamfara state, JF London has brutally been shot dead by armed bandits..

    Circumstances which led to his Killing still remains scanty at the time of this report, the JTF commander who was hit by fore head with bullet, reportedly died instantly.

    Sources from Zamfara stated that the incident occurred “After Huge donations to Bandits by Zamfara Governor “Hilux and Dollars” Bandits now armed to teeth fully equipped;  JTF commander JF London in Zamfara state, killed by bandit just now”, it stated.

    Recall that the current state government had allegedly donated Hilux vehicles to the bandits and given them some dollars, in a bide to stop their activities in the state..

    Details later…

  • Insurgency: Gov. Zulum donates N180m, foodstuffs to Civilian JTF

    Insurgency: Gov. Zulum donates N180m, foodstuffs to Civilian JTF

    Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has donated N180 million and 27,000 bags of grains to the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) assisting the military in the fight against insurgency.

    Zulum announced the donation on Wednesday in Maiduguri while addressing members of the CJTF.

    He also announced N50,000 welfare package for widows and scholarship for orphans of CJTF who lost their lives since 2013 in the fight against insurgency.

    He said: “Our indomitable men and women of the Civilian JTF, hunters and vigilantes, the people of Borno are mightily and gratefully proud of you.

    “Nothing can compensate for the sacrifices you are making; only Allah can adequately compensate each of you.

    “This is particularly so for many of our fellow compatriots who have died in the battle fields.

    “In the last seven years, we have recorded instances in which volunteers in the Civilian JTF have intercepted suicide attackers and in the process lost their lives.

    “We have recorded more instances of many killed in major battles after they also succeeded in our shared victories over Boko Haram at different encounters.

    “I will not mention names, but there are records of warriors in the Civilian JTF, hunters and vigilantes from southern to northern and central Borno.

    “They fought so hard and gave their lives fighting for Borno.’’

    Zulum noted that these volunteers fought and died with no death benefits, no pension, and no gratuities.

    “As we should expect, orphaned children and widows left behind by these fallen Civilian JTF and hunters have been struggling to feed, to access medical services, or to access basic and secondary education.

    “As governor of Borno, I assure you, that insha’Allah, all of those who died in the Civilian JTF, groups of hunters and vigilantes did not die in vain,” Zulum said.

    Reports had it that about 9,000 people in Borno were recruited into CJTF and are paid monthly stipend by the state government.