World Cup protesters clash with police

<p dir="ltr">Indigenous people also joined the protests in the capital Brasilia<br> Police in Brazil have fired tear gas at anti-World Cup and indigenous demonstrators in the capital, Brasilia.</p> <p dir="ltr">were hurled at security forces as hundreds of protesters tried to reach the National Stadium – where the golden tournament cup is on display.<br> Stones<br> A group of indigenous people who were demanding land rights at Congress eventually joined the protest.</p> <p dir="ltr">This is the latest in a series of demonstrations in Brazil against the cost of staging the tournament.</p> <p dir="ltr">Authorities say around 1,500 people were taking part in Tuesday's demonstration, which blocked one of the main roads of the city.</p> <p dir="ltr">As the crowd tried to walk towards the National Stadium, host to several tournament matches, mounted police blocked their way.</p> <p dir="ltr">Some of the protesters walked to the roof of the Brazilian Congress to demand their rights<br> With tensions running high, police fired tear gas several times to break up the demonstration.</p> <p dir="ltr">The crowd was joined by a group of indigenous people who had climbed onto the roof of the Brazilian Congress building to demand changes in how their land is demarcated.</p> <p dir="ltr">A policeman was reportedly injured in the leg by an arrow shot during the scuffles.</p> <p dir="ltr">The demonstrations gridlocked the traffic in Brasilia for hours.</p> <p dir="ltr">Last year, up to a million people joined demonstrations across the country to demand better public services and highlight corruption and the high cost of staging the World Cup.</p> <p dir="ltr">Since then several other anti-World Cup protests have been staged in Brazil, with many descending into violence.</p> <div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiebFrFyojt6kwRHvBLIr3wJ3H13foHfk1XzJhbDxaF2Nrr4hzS6l_StKfVGDrLMhbpMnoIA3ACfiiRnw15ouNXTGpGuH7-4oN8VQFGtudML7uiVeJ2B9omcrmj8GYTonvBPJYFtPI-Asys/s1600/_75137377_75137372.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiebFrFyojt6kwRHvBLIr3wJ3H13foHfk1XzJhbDxaF2Nrr4hzS6l_StKfVGDrLMhbpMnoIA3ACfiiRnw15ouNXTGpGuH7-4oN8VQFGtudML7uiVeJ2B9omcrmj8GYTonvBPJYFtPI-Asys/s640/_75137377_75137372.jpg" /> </a> </div>

World Cup protesters clash with police

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South Korea hospital fire 'kills 21'

<p dir="ltr">At least 20 patients and a nurse have been killed in a fire at a hospital in Janseong county, South Korea.</p> <p dir="ltr">Six others are in critical condition after the fire at Hyosarang Hospital, about 300 km south of Seoul.</p> <p dir="ltr">Most of those who died are thought to have been in their 70s and 80s, and confined to their beds.</p> <p dir="ltr">Officials said most of the victims died after suffocating on poisonous fumes. The fire was put out within half an hour.</p> <p dir="ltr">The incident comes at a time of mourning for South Korea after more than 300 people died in a ferry sinking last month.</p> <p dir="ltr">South Korean President Park Geun-hye has formally apologised to the nation for the ferry disaster, promising to improve safety standards.</p> <p dir="ltr">The Prime Minister at the time, Chung Hong-won, resigned over the government's handling of the disaster.</p> <p dir="ltr">The hospital incident also comes a day after seven people were killed and 20 others injured in a fire at a bus terminal in Goyang city.</p> <div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCQ-PFBDfNyk3ZM5HQRexG0ZHP9LfvZTsPBShyzZwjENR_xLazENUVDtT-FHaq-Kdkmatf9aBD5tHKQFeJHpl6CbKaD5mT1B7CDBurER9riWgz0xFb9hH8wEMxSVR4TddEG5ft9R2E-ogg/s1600/_75137779_75137778.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCQ-PFBDfNyk3ZM5HQRexG0ZHP9LfvZTsPBShyzZwjENR_xLazENUVDtT-FHaq-Kdkmatf9aBD5tHKQFeJHpl6CbKaD5mT1B7CDBurER9riWgz0xFb9hH8wEMxSVR4TddEG5ft9R2E-ogg/s640/_75137779_75137778.jpg" /> </a> </div>

South Korea hospital fire 'kills 21'

At least 20 patients and a nurse have been killed in a fire at a hospital in Janseong county, South Korea. Six others are in critical condi...

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Somalia parliament attacked

<div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> The BBC's Mark Doyle: "Al-Shabab can hit almost at will"</div> <div> SOMALIA - FAILED STATE</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Somalia's al-Shabab: Striking like mosquitoes</div> <div> Who are Somalia's al-Shabab?</div> <div> In prison with al-Shabab: What drives Somali militants?</div> <div> Crossing the al-Shabab frontline</div> <div> Islamist militants from the al-Shabab movement have attacked the Somali parliament in Mogadishu, leaving at least 10 people dead.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Explosions and gunfire were heard and witnesses reported seeing bodies.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Somali police were joined by African Union troops as they engaged the attackers.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Al-Shabab, which is linked to al-Qaeda, once controlled large areas of Somalia but was pushed out of major cities in 2011 and 2012.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> However, it is still able to mount complex attacks. It has frequently targeted the UN-backed parliament.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> A car bomb exploded outside the gates of parliament shortly before midday local time (09:00 GMT), followed by more blasts and bursts of gunfire.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> The attackers then stormed the front of the parliament building as security forces fired back.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> "Fighting is going on inside the parliament building and we are fighting rebels inside the building but we evacuated members of parliament," Col Mahamed Dahir said.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> At least four police officers and several militants were reported killed. Eyewitnesses saw a number of bodies in military fatigues but could not confirm whether they were members of the security forces.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Two MPs were reportedly wounded in the attack as they were taken out of the back of the building.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Somali soldiers took up positions around the parliament building as MPs were evacuated</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Security forces returned fire as the militants attacked the front of the parliament building</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> African Union troops joined Somali soldiers in trying to repel the attack</div> <div> "The enemy can now access everywhere," MP Mohamed Nor told Associated Press, criticising the army's failure to protect parliament.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> An al-Shabab spokesman told the AFP news agency: "The so-called Somali parliament is a military zone. Our fighters are there to carry out a holy operation."</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> African Union (AU) troops from the 22,000-strong Amisom security force joined the Somali army in fighting the insurgents around parliament, an Amisom spokesman said.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Analysis by Mark Doyle, BBC World Affairs correspondent</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Al-Shabab were pushed out of Mogadishu in 2011 but are still able to mount attacks in the Somali capital</div> <div> Spectacular attacks on prestige targets attract attention - that's part of their purpose for al-Shabab. But they're just the tip of the iceberg. I've visited Somalia with African Union forces - Amisom - three times in the past year. There were smaller attacks by al-Shabab almost every single day I was there.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> The African Union soldiers seek to dismiss these as mere 'harassment' of their garrisons. But these probing attacks - sometimes roadside bombs, sometimes sniper fire - pin the troops down. This is asymmetric warfare and it costs the African Union blood and equipment.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> In the past three years Amisom has made significant military advances, pushing al-Shabab out of its fixed positions in Mogadishu and retaking major towns such as Kismayo and Baidoa.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> But al-Shabab has the capacity to keep coming back. It is generally accepted in Somalia that if Amisom - with US backing - was not there, the government in Mogadishu would almost certainly fall.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> The UN envoy to Somalia Nicholas Kay said he was "horrified" by the attack and paid tribute to the response of Somali and African Union forces.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Somalia has experienced almost constant conflict since its government collapsed in 1991.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> With Mogadishu and other towns now under government control, basic services such as street lighting and rubbish collection have now resumed.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Many Somalis have returned from exile, bringing their money and skills with them.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> The parliament in Mogadishu - which operated as a transitional assembly from 2004 to 2012 - has been attacked several times, including in 2009 and 2010.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Last month, a Somali parliamentarian was blown up and another shot dead </div>

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Ukrainians vote in presidential elections

<br /> <br /> <br /> Voting preparations were disrupted by separatist insurgents in eastern parts of Ukraine<br /> Ukraine crisis<br /> <br /> Ukraine's east on collision course<br /> Odessa: Tense divide in scarred city<br /> Ukraine's 'babushkas' go viral<br /> Ukraine in maps: How the crisis spread<br /> Ukrainians are going to the polls to vote in a new president after months of unrest following the ousting of former President Viktor Yanukovych.<br /> <br /> Eighteen candidates are competing in the contest, which is widely seen as a crucial moment to unite the country.<br /> <br /> But pro-Russian separatists in the east who oppose the election have threatened to disrupt the voting process.<br /> <br /> Some 20 people have been killed amid an upsurge of fighting between insurgents and government forces in recent days.<br /> <br /> The violence in the east, particularly Donetsk and Luhansk, has seriously disrupted preparations for the polls.<br /> <br /> Only seven polling stations have opened across the region of Donetsk, and none in the cities of Donetsk or Horlivka, the BBC has learned.<br /> <br /> Two polling stations are open in Luhansk.<br /> <br /> Appeal to vote<br /> <br /> The presidential elections were called after the last elected President, Viktor Yanukovych, was deposed in February amid mass protests against his pro-Russian policies.<br /> <br /> Confectionary tycoon Petro Poroshenko, known as the "chocolate king", is the favourite to win.<br /> <br /> <br /> Many hope the election will bring an end to the months-long tension that has taken hold in Ukraine<br /> Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is lagging behind Mr Poroshenko in opinion polls.<br /> <br /> In order to win outright, one candidate must receive more than 50% of the vote, otherwise a second round of voting will be held on 15 June.<br /> <br /> Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk urged people to vote and "defend Ukraine" in a televised address on Saturday.<br /> <br /> "This will be the expression of the will of Ukrainians from the west, east, north and south," he said.<br /> <br /> In an unprecedented move, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that he would respect the outcome of the election and was prepared to work with whoever was elected president.<br /> <br /> It comes after months of tension with Russia, which has been blamed by Kiev and its Western allies of stoking separatist sentiment in eastern parts of Ukraine. President Putin has denied the claims.<br /> <br /> Security<br /> <br /> Over 1,000 observers for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) have been deployed nationwide at polling stations.<br /> <br /> But the OSCE has pulled out most of its observers from the eastern Donetsk region over fears for their security.<br /> <br /> <br /> Pro-Russia separatists have warned people not to vote in the east<br /> Some pro-Russian separatists have warned people against voting, with reports of election officials and voter lists being been seized at gunpoint.<br /> <br /> "If necessary we will revert to the use of force," Denis Pushilin, a leader of the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic, is quoted as saying by the AFP news agency.<br /> <br /> Separatists in Donetsk and Luhansk declared independence from Ukraine after holding referendums on 11 May, a move not recognised by Kiev nor its Western allies.<br /> <br /> The two regions took their cue after a disputed referendum in Crimea, which was annexed by Russia in March.<br /> <br /> More than 75,000 police and volunteers are said to have mobilised to ensure security during the vote.<br /> <br /> Polling stations will remain open until 20:00 (17:00 GMT), with definitive results expected on Monday.<br />

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Elliot Rodger is Isla Vista drive-by killer - US police

<div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Elliot Rodger had recently been interviewed by police, after he threatened violent actions in a YouTube post, as Alistair Leithead reports</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> US police have confirmed that a man who killed six people in a rampage in California was 22-year-old Elliot Rodger.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> The student was the son of Hollywood filmmaker Peter Rodger, who was assistant director on The Hunger Games.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> At a news conference, police said Elliot Rodger had stabbed three male room-mates to death at his apartment.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> He later went on a rampage through Isla Vista in a black BMW, shooting at people at random.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> After exchanging gunfire with police, Rodger was found dead inside his crashed vehicle with a gunshot wound to the head, police said.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Sheriff Bill Brown: "All of these weapons were legally purchased...and were all registered to the suspect"</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said Rodger apparently killed himself during a shoot-out with police officers.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> At a press conference, he called it a "chaotic, rapidly unfolding convoluted incident" that involved multiple crime scenes.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Investigators are analysing a YouTube video in which a young man who identifies himself as Elliot Rodger sits in a car and says he is going to take his revenge against humanity.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> In a so-called manifesto published online, Rodger said he was born in London and spent the first five years of his life in Sussex.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> "This was a time of discovery, excitement, and fun. I had just entered this new world, and I knew nothing of the pain it would bring me later on," he wrote.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Sheriff Brown said that after leaving his apartment, Rodger had gone to a sorority house, which houses female students, and hammered loudly on the door.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> They did not open the door but Rodger had then shot three women in the street, killing two of them, Sheriff Brown said.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Three victims were found at the apartment complex where Elliot Rodger lived</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> In a chilling video, Elliot Rodger railed against those he blamed for his isolation</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Rodger then drove his car through the beachside community - which is near the University of California-Santa Barbara campus - targeting people at random, and the sixth victim was shot dead in a delicatessen.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Seven other people were wounded.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Sheriff Brown said it was "very apparent" that the gunman was "severely mentally disturbed", adding: "It's obviously the work of a madman."</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> He said authorities had recovered three semi-automatic handguns after Friday's shooting.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> All the weapons were bought legally and were registered to Rodger, he said.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Ricardo Martinez: "[Christopher's] death has left our family lost and broken"</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Earlier, Peter Rodger's lawyer, Alan Shifman, said that the "family believes the child was the perpetrator".</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> He said Mr Rodger's son had Asperger's syndrome, had trouble making friends and had been receiving professional help.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Mr Shifman added that the family had contacted police about "recent posts on YouTube" by Elliot "regarding suicide and the killing of people".</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> The family is "devastated" and co-operating with police, he said.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> "We offer our deepest, compassionate sympathy to the families involved in this terrible tragedy," Mr Shifman told reporters outside the family home in Los Angeles,</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Ricardo Martinez, whose 20-year-old son Christopher was one of the victims, spoke of his grief.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> "When will this insanity stop? Too many have died. We should say to ourselves 'Not one more'," he said.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> The University of California-Santa Barbara said it was "shocked and saddened'' by the shootings and confirmed that several of its students had been taken to hospital.</div>

Elliot Rodger is Isla Vista drive-by killer - US police

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Jos Blast: Decaying Corpses Secretly Buried Yesterday

<br /> Scores of people, who died in Jos twin explosion dating back to May 20 were secretly buried yesterday as the Plateau State government was not able to preserve the unclaimed corpses in the hospital mortuaries.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> File photo: Scene of Jos twin explosion. Photo credit: AFP<br /> <br /> While there was no official announcement about the burial, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) official and the Plateau Specialist Hospital director confirmed the information to Premium Times. According to the data provided, the explosion victims were buried along Maingo road in Jos South LGA.<br /> <br /> It would be recalled that two days ago we filed the report about the fact that the hospitals' mortuaries were not sufficient enough to keep all the corpses and that some of them, mostly women and children, were spotted lying on the floor.<br /> <br /> The alarm over importance to conduct mass burial was allegedly raised on Friday, after the corpses had decayed causing putrid smell in the area near the Specialist Hospital. According to the sources, in fear of possible danger and health implications it was decided to bury the bodies.<br /> <br /> The Executive Secretary of SEMA Alhasan Barde revealed that another mass burial would be carried out on Monday.<br />

Jos Blast: Decaying Corpses Secretly Buried Yesterday

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Immigration officer member of Boko Haram arrested, reveals names of others

<br /> Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) officer Ahmed Grema Mohammed has confessed to being a Boko Haram member and disclosed names of security people who took part in the attacks in the North.<br /> <br /> Mohammed was arrested in 2012 on suspicion of cooperating with the terrorists.<br /> <br /> Year and a half later the information proved true. According to Today, the statment by the Joint Task Force spokesman, Lt. Col Sagir Musa, says that Mohammed confessed to being involved in the killings of those politicians and security agents who spoke against the insurgents' activities in Damaturu, so as in the attack on police headquarters and Damaturu prison, and several others.<br /> <br /> The statement further reads:<br /> <br /> "The suspect revealed to JTF that he and 15 other members of the organization were intensively trained for three months on G3 and AK 47 rifles, as well as in assassinations and special operations in Niger Republic. He also revealed names of some security personnel that participated in terrorists' attacks in Borno and Yobe states."<br /> <br /> The people named by the NIS officer were immediately arrested.<br />

Immigration officer member of Boko Haram arrested, reveals names of others

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Two pupils, three others burnt to death

BY GBENGA OLARINOYE, Oshogbo<br /> Fivepersons including two pupils were yesterday roasted to death when two fuel tankers collided at Asejire area on Ibadan-Ife expressway which caught fire instantly.<br /> Six other persons sustained varied degrees of injuries and are now receiving treatment in the hospital.<br /> One of the dead pupils was said to be waiting for a bus along the road when the raging inferno consumed him.<br /> Several buildings, shops, mechanic workshops and market stalls were completely razed by the fire, which emanated from the spilled content of the fallen trailer.<br /> When our correspondent got to the scene, mangled body of the burnt public school pupil, whose identity could not be ascertained was spotted, just as men of the fire brigade service, Federal Road Safety Corps FRSC and policemen were busy managing the chaotic situation.<br /> The accident according to eye witnesses caused traffic gridlock along the expressway as the section from Ibadan end was closed to traffic while the evacuation of the burnt vehicles was ongoing.<br /> A victim, identified as Tajudeen Bakare, whose residence was completely burnt told newsmen at the scene of the accident that “the tankers while attempting to overtake each other on the hill hit themselves and one of them, carrying petrol spilled its contents into gutters and small stream and suddenly we heard a loud bang and there was fire everywhere”.<br /> The unit commander of the FRSC, Egbeda, Commander Abiodun Akinlade who confirmed the accident explained that “around 7.30am, we received a call that there was an accident and on coming down we discovered one of the articulated vehicles had skidded off the road and burst into flames”.<br /> According to him, “It is like they were doing competition on the highway, trying to overtake each other. I also understand that a school bus was also trying to pick a child and  the fallen tanker affected the bus and we lost two people there. We also lost two people from the articulated vehicle”<br /> <br /> <div id="stcpDiv" style="left: -1988px; position: absolute; top: -1999px;"> BY GBENGA OLARINOYE, Oshogbo<br /> Fivepersons including two pupils were yesterday roasted to death when two fuel tankers collided at Asejire area on Ibadan-Ife expressway which caught fire instantly.<br /> Six other persons sustained varied degrees of injuries and are now receiving treatment in the hospital.<br /> One of the dead pupils was said to be waiting for a bus along the road when the raging inferno consumed him.<br /> Several buildings, shops, mechanic workshops and market stalls were completely razed by the fire, which emanated from the spilled content of the fallen trailer.<br /> When our correspondent got to the scene, mangled body of the burnt public school pupil, whose identity could not be ascertained was spotted, just as men of the fire brigade service, Federal Road Safety Corps FRSC and policemen were busy managing the chaotic situation.<br /> The accident according to eye witnesses caused traffic gridlock along the expressway as the section from Ibadan end was closed to traffic while the evacuation of the burnt vehicles was ongoing.<br /> A victim, identified as Tajudeen Bakare, whose residence was completely burnt told newsmen at the scene of the accident that “the tankers while attempting to overtake each other on the hill hit themselves and one of them, carrying petrol spilled its contents into gutters and small stream and suddenly we heard a loud bang and there was fire everywhere”.<br /> The unit commander of the FRSC, Egbeda, Commander Abiodun Akinlade who confirmed the accident explained that “around 7.30am, we received a call that there was an accident and on coming down we discovered one of the articulated vehicles had skidded off the road and burst into flames”.<br /> According to him, “It is like they were doing competition on the highway, trying to overtake each other. I also understand that a school bus was also trying to pick a child and  the fallen tanker affected the bus and we lost two people there. We also lost two people from the articulated vehicle”<br /> - See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/05/two-pupils-three-others-burnt-death/#sthash.MQWvAWMp.dpuf</div>

Two pupils, three others burnt to death

BY GBENGA OLARINOYE, Oshogbo Fivepersons including two pupils were yesterday roasted to death when two fuel tankers collided at Asejire ar...

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APC raises alarm over arrest, intimidation of members in Gombe

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has alerted the nation to the systematic arrest, harassment and intimidation of its members and supporters in Gombe by the PDP-led government in the state and its police collaborators.<br /> In a statement issued in Lagos on Friday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the clampdown on the APC in Gombe is similar to what obtains in Bayelsa state, over which the party had cause to raise the alarm on May 14th, and is sure to extend to other states as the 2015 general elections approach, because of the desperation and anti-democratic credentials of the PDP.<br /> It said the situation in Gombe State is marked by the continuous destruction of APC properties, including offices, flags, posters, banners and billboards in most of the local government areas and party headquarters.<br /> ”Sadly, the police who are maintained by taxpayers’ funds and are expected to be non-partisan have been providing cover for the PDP agents who engage in this destructive spree, while being quick to arrest our members and supporters who try to resist the destruction of our party’s properties.<br /> ”In addition, the police engage in frequent arrest and detention of our youths and supporters, who are then charged to court in an action that is clearly aimed at weakening their resolve to exercise their constitutional rights of free association, and ultimately to destabilize our party.<br /> ”Such arrests and intimidation of our youth and other supporters have occurred in Dukku, Balanga, Kaltungo, Akko, Nafada and Gombe, and the latest occurred a few days ago involving the mass arrest of our members, especially youths,” APC said.<br /> The party expressed concern that the arrests and other acts of intimidation are about to increase, as the DPO of Gombe Division, DSP Babayola, has been tacitly empowered with a fleet of hilux vans to destabilize the APC in Gombe Metropolis, which is the epi-centre of the arrest, detention and torture of APC members.<br /> It reminded the police that the destabilization of opposition political parties, arrest and intimidation of opposition members and supporters and the provision of cover for thugs to destroy the properties of opposition political parties are not part of the constitutional duties of the police, hence they should desist from engaging in what is clearly an unconstitutional act.<br /> ”On our part, we will continue to monitor and document these acts of brigandage and the role of the police, with a view to ensuring that they are lawfully challenged in due course. We also call on the police hierarchy to call their officers and men in Gombe to order, now that they have become an accomplice to political brigandage and also become glaringly partisan,” APC said.<br /> The party appealed to its members and supporters in Gombe to continue to eschew violence and maintain their peace, even in the face of obvious provocation from the intolerant and anarchic PDP-led government in the state.

APC raises alarm over arrest, intimidation of members in Gombe

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BNC wants attempt on UNIBEN VC’s life probed

BENIN CITY-THE Benin National Congress (BNC), a Benin socio-cultural organization, has called on security agents to investigate the alleged attempt on the life of the Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Prof.Osayuki Oshodin.<br /> The group said, “we are closely monitoring the process of the appointment of Prof. Oshodin’s successor, we need not say that the University is preferably relocated to another State of Nigeria; than for us to give a free hand to discreet poison-killers and blood suckers to overwhelm patriotic administrator like Prof. Oshodin; whose tenure is synonymous with landmarks achievements”.<br /> Vanguard learnt the Vice-Chancellor who is currently responding to treatment abroad has been suffering from poisoned food for some time now.<br /> However, the BNC statement signed by Dr David Ekomwenrenren, asserted “we will openly mobilize against anyone desperately seeking to benefit from these centrifugal attacks on Benin intelligentsias, where Prof. Oshodin belongs. We call on the intelligence community to make frantic efforts to unearth those behind the despicable means to terminate Prof. Oshodin’s life as failure to act may be an invitation to self-help by the Benins and concerned Nigerians.<br /> “Our stand for due process and fair play is non-negotiable; and we are ready to project same even with the last drop of our blood. Enemies of development should take heed of this clarion call by resigning from their narrow minded and devious ambition to succeed Oshodin after their life threatening affliction against him. We are fully prepared” it stated.<br /> <br />

BNC wants attempt on UNIBEN VC’s life probed

BENIN CITY-THE Benin National Congress (BNC), a Benin socio-cultural organization, has called on security agents to investigate the allege...

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