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  • #EndSARS: Looters Return Items, Seek Forgiveness In Plateau State

    #EndSARS: Looters Return Items, Seek Forgiveness In Plateau State


    Some people who participated in looting of items during the recent vandalisation of warehouses and other public and private properties under the guise of looking for palliatives have returned the items in their possession, asking for forgiveness from the Government of Plateau State. 
    The repentant persons were led to the new Government House Rayfield Jos led by popular evangelist of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) Rev. Ezekiel Dachomo who explained that they made the confession during a prayer revival orgainsed at the Zang Secondary School Bukuru, Jos South Local Government.

    The clergyman said over two thousand people came forward after the hearing the gospel where he preached against the recent looting and vandalism which affected public and private properties in the State. 
    This action according to him is not just an invitation of the anger of God against the suspects but the entire State. He said the hijack of the ENDSARS protest is a plan of the devil to scuttle the will of God for Plateau State which cannot be left without intercession. 

    Touched by the message, some of the persons involved in the looting repented and decided to bring some of the items still in their possessions as a mark of restitution and plea for mercy from God and the Government of Plateau State. 
    Rev. Dachomo appealed to the Governor of Plateau State Simon Bako Lalong to temper justice with mercy by granting forgiveness to the repentant persons who voluntarily came forward at the revival meeting with a promise never to partake in such acts again. 
    Receiving the items on behalf of the Governor, Secretary to the Government of the State Prof. Danladi Abok Atu commended Rev. Dachomo for appealing to the consciences of the affected persons who came forward to ask for forgiveness. 

    He said the action of the looters was a great disservice to the State as not only food items were looted, but heavy machinery, public infrastructure and businesses worth billions of naira were stolen and also destroyed. 
    He advised the youths of Plateau State to be wary of listening to incitement by people who are not even from Plateau State, but come into the State purposely to orchestrate the destruction after which they disappear to their places of origin just like during the ENDSARS protest.
    He promised to forward the plea of the repentant persons to the Governor for further consideration. 
    Most of the items returned were food provisions looted from various warehouses. 

  • Osun State Govt. begins house to house search for looters

    Osun State Govt. begins house to house search for looters

    Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, has warned looters still in possession of stolen items to return them before the commencement of the house-to-house search by security agents on Thursday.

    Oyetola made this known while inspecting some of the recovered loots deposited at the parking lot of the Government House, Osogbo.

    Oyetola, who said about 20 per cent of the looted items have been returned, enjoined other looters to take advantage of the hours left in the amnesty period, adding that there would be no extension.

    According to a statement by his office, the governor stressed that those who refused to embrace the offer of the government would face the full wrath of the law.

    The statement quoted Oyetola as saying, “For us, this voluntary return of the of loots is a welcome development. The intention is to assist the various owners of these items to have the opportunity of getting their properties and belongings because we believe strongly that it is going to be a big setback for them to have all these properties lost.”

    Warning the looters, the governor added, “What they should realise is that, there are a lot of video clips and video coverage for all the looting that took place in the state. The implication of this is that there is no hidden place for anybody that looted anything in Osun.

    “So, it is in their interest to voluntarily return all the items or face the wrath of the law after the expiration of the 72hours. We are not going back after this period. We are going to go from house to house to retrieve the looted items.”

    Rampaging hoodlums had of recent ransacked public and private properties in the state under the guise of the #EndSARS protests against police brutality.

  • Police nabs 23 suspected looters, recover 14 motorcycles in Kaduna

    Police nabs 23 suspected looters, recover 14 motorcycles in Kaduna

    The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested 23 persons who allegedly looted warehouses during the #EndSARS crisis, recovering 14 motorcycles and six tricycles.

    The spokesman of the command, Mohammed Jalige, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Kaduna on Wednesday.

    Jalige said the suspects were arrested on Tuesday in Barnawa, Narayi and Kakuri communities of the Chikun and Kaduna South Local Government Areas.

    He said the suspects would be charged to court, adding that the clampdown would continue until sanity was restored in affected areas of the state.

    Twenty-five suspected looters were earlier charged to court on Monday.

  • BREAKING: Looters Invade a private warehouse in Niger State

    BREAKING: Looters Invade a private warehouse in Niger State

    Report coming from Madalla town in Niger state has it that, youths numbering in hundreds, have besieged a private warehouse, operated by a Lebanese in the area.
    Sources from the area told Daily Trust that the facility previously known as Madalla floor mill located off Abuja/Kaduna highway, has been surrounded by the youths around 9:30 am on Tuesday morning.
    They succeeded in gaining access to the facility by scaling the fence.
    Madalla floor mill facility, now moribund, was converted to a warehouse recently where businessmen from Suleja and other areas, store their goods.
    The services were extended to corporate organizations, government, and also politicians.
    Goods believed to be for emergency intervention were reportedly kept during the COVI-19 lockdown.
    It was gathered that by 10 am, youths had started taking goods out of the facility, amid shooting into the air by security personnel deployed to the scene.