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ISIS-linked Groups Open Up New Fronts Across Sub-Saharan Africa

Posted By: adminon: June 26, 2021In: De-EscalationTags: BOKO HARAM, Cabo Delgado, ISCAP, ISIS, ISWAP, Sambisa ForestNo CommentsViews:
ISIS-linked Groups Open Up New Fronts Across Sub-Saharan Africa

According to this piece by the UK based The Guardian, “Military victories combined with new alliances and shifts in strategy reinforce militants’ position across much of the continent” Jason... Read more

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Isn’t Closing Schools Giving-in to Bandits and Terrorists?

Posted By: adminon: December 18, 2020In: De-EscalationTags: Rugu forest, Sambisa Forest, US Navy SealNo CommentsViews:
Isn’t Closing Schools Giving-in to Bandits and Terrorists?

By Habu Mohammed As things are now, secondary schools and later tertiary institutions in Kano State have been closed. It is a fall out of the raid on another secondary school in Katsina Stat... Read more

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Boko Haram’s Eid El Fitr Celebration Video As Indication of Massive Decline of the Jihadists

Posted By: adminon: June 08, 2020In: De-EscalationTags: BOKO HARAM, ISIS, ISWAP, MNJTF, Sambisa Forest, Site International GroupNo CommentsViews:
Boko Haram's Eid El Fitr Celebration Video As Indication of Massive Decline of the Jihadists

By David Otto The recent modus operandi of the terrorist in Northern Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin indicates that ISIS and Al-Qaeda linked Boko Haram/JAS Abubakar Shekau led faction and Is... Read more

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6 Persons Shot Dead in an Overnight Attack on Okpoga Roundabout in Benue State

Posted By: adminon: September 30, 2018In: De-EscalationTags: Sambisa ForestNo CommentsViews:
6 Persons Shot Dead in an Overnight Attack on Okpoga Roundabout in Benue State

Benue State in central Nigeria is in the news again on account of violence. This time, it is the night of bloodshed last night at Okpoga Roundabout, the commercial happening spot of the Okpokwu Local Government Area in  the southern  tip of the state where six persons were felled by unknown gunmen who struck. The dead are still being counted but, so far, two soldiers, a policeman and the most popular undertaker in the area have been confirmed dead. The soldier scheduled to be given a traditional title today in the nearby Ingle village for communal sense of responsibility had gone for the occasion with a soldier friend of his who is a non-tribe.  The two met their death at the Roundabout where they had gone to pick an item or two last night. There is no indication that the soldier was the target of the killers although security contacts told Intervention the suspected killers threatened to kidnap the said soldier’s mother sometimes back but he reportedly told them they would be biting more than they could chew if they carried out the threat.

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State

The name of the policeman who has been confirmed killed is given as Salisu. It could not be established immediately if that is his first or surname but it is understood he is about the longest serving policeman in the local government headquarters. Similarly, an intelligent jester popularly called OMO as used in Yoruba language was also gunned down and confirmed dead. An eye witness told Intervention that the shooting started around 10 pm at the Roundabout but extended to nearby Millennium Hotel, about the most modern of such in the LGA. There is no certainty about this name that was also given as Oko Achiloko as also confirmed dead.

It is still unclear what might have prompted the young men to strike that night and at that spot. Although it is the liveliest spot in the rather desolate headquarters, there is nothing there by way of a cash haul that can explain the attack and the number of people killed, which could go up to 15 if the local language used to convey the enormity is anything to go by.  Naturally, there is apprehension, fear and bewilderment while those directly affected are either still coming to terms with the reality or coping with dead bodies – identification, mortuary arrangements, etc or wailing.

The entire Edumoga-Okpoga axis in Idoma South area of Benue State has, for the past two years, fallen into the hands of a band of threat bearers and no manifestation of violence has not emanated from the axis within the period. On September 2nd, 2018, it was the kidnap of an elderly woman from Opialu Village on that axis. It was claimed but not confirmed by Intervention that the only time any action was ever taken was when the bad guys molested someone they did not know is a top officer of the Nigerian Armed Forces. Subsequently, they saw fire, their tribe was significantly reduced but there it seemed to have ended.  From his operation, it seems they are back in power.

Why an axis of material poverty such as Edumoga, Okpoga and so on ight fall into rural banditry remains the puzzle. There is nothing in the area other than food crops produced by peasants with declining capacity to still farm even as most of the youths have fled to the urban areas while a few have taken to crime, cultism and thuggery for interested politicians. Rural banditry is, in most cases, the surest indicator of state failure and Sociologists always pay serious attention to it, especially in a pre-industrial society such as Nigeria.

There is no consensus on what to do. While some people say there should be dialogue with the bad guys favour of their employment, others argue a fire-for-fire remedy but who will bell the cat even then? The police? But which section of the police? Certainly not the Area Command which cannot match them in arming. And not when people whisper about a local Sambisa Forest which the police  dare not enter. An elite coalition action is said to be shaping up but, for now, only God and time will tell!

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Editorial: Dancing for Chibok Girls and Ugbokolo But How Could Ugbokolo Been Possible?

Posted By: adminon: May 07, 2017In: De-EscalationTags: 'Africa Rising', 'Agolo', Angelique Kidjo, Benue State Government, Chibok girls, DSSS, EDEMA, Father Adeyi, Newsdiaryonline, Okpoga, Sambisa ForestNo CommentsViews:
Editorial: Dancing for Chibok Girls and Ugbokolo But How Could Ugbokolo Been Possible?

The day another set of Chibok girls regain life and the Nigeria Police return to Ugbokolo in Benue State to confront rampaging gangsters is certainly the sort of day that one should listen a... Read more

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‘Sambisa Forest’ in Ugbokolo in Benue State? Police says No but natives say yes

Posted By: adminon: May 03, 2017In: NewsLogTags: EDEMA, Okpokwu LGA, PPRO, Sambisa Forest, UbgokoloNo CommentsViews:
'Sambisa Forest' in Ugbokolo in Benue State? Police says No but natives say yes

Is there a ‘Sambisa Forest’ in a place called Ollo, near Ugbokolo in Benue State where gangsters keep guns? This is what social media platforms are saying but the Police in Benue State say t... Read more

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What a Game Changer to Grab Shekau Even After the Third Anniversary of Abduction of Chibok Girls!

Posted By: adminon: March 30, 2017In: NewsLogTags: Abubakar Shekau, Ahmed Godane, Al-Shabab, BOKO HARAM, Brig-Gen Mansur Dan Ali, Chibok girls, Commander-in-Chief, Daniel DePetris, Husseini Mukhtar, Osama Bin Laden, Sambisa Forest, The National Interest, United States of AmericaNo CommentsViews:
What a Game Changer to Grab Shekau Even After the Third Anniversary of Abduction of Chibok Girls!

What a Game Changer to Grab Shekau Even After the Third Anniversary of Abduction of Chibok Girls! What a game changer would it be, for the military, for their Commander-in-Chief, for Nigeria... Read more

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