Law & Crime
Court remand 35 yrs old suspect over assassination attempt on Oil Minister
By David Owei
A Magistrate Court sitting in Yenagoa has ordered the remand of a 35 years old man, Susaine Morgan over the alleged attempt to assassinate the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri and unlawful possession of two assault rifle (AK 47) in Ekeremor town in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
The remand warrant, issued by the State Commissioner of Police, Francis Idu and filed in court by Police Prosecutor, ASP Stella A. Jerry-Friday Esq, was approved by the Magistrate to allow the detention of the suspect for 30 days at the correctional Service Center at Okaka and allow the Investigating team of the Police to arrest six others now at large.
A source within the Court told newsmen that the remand warrant, in a suit filed with reference number YMC/51C/2025, for the detention of the suspect in the Minister’s assassination attempt was charged with allege attempt to kidnap and unlawful possession of firearms (two AK 47).
According to the charges, “the defendant was arrested in the afternoon hours of 1st day January,2025 in Senator Heineken Lokpobiri’s residence at Ekeremor Town in Ekeremor Local Government area of Bayelsa State for offences of conspiracy, armed robbery, attempt to kidnap and unlawful possession of firearms (two AK47).”
It was also gathered that the request for remand of the suspect was done due to the limited power of the police to continue the detention of the suspect without an order by the court, “as investigation is ongoing. The Police is on top of the case and tracking the six other suspects at large.”
A police source also confirmed on Monday that such request is normal and if the suspect is granted bail, “there is the likely hood that he will interfere with police investigation due to the serious nature of the case and other fleeing cohorts are yet to be arrested will be influenced and may not be arrested by the police.”
According to security report, seven of the suspects had gained entry into the palatial country home of the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri on New Years Day and hid among the crowd of visitors to pay yuletide visit, “but information filtered to the armed military men that some persons were armed and dangerous among the visitors.”
“Due to the large crowd, the soldiers, who could not open fire, ordered everyone to lie down. It was only the arrested suspect, who was with the bag conveying the weapon, that got arrested. Others mixed up with the panicked crowd and escaped. They started shooting inside the community and attacked a filling station in anger and made away with sum of N400,000.”
“They also invaded the Ekeremor town water front and snatched a speed boat to escaped.” It was gathered that the arrested suspect had made useful statement on the persons allegedly involved and the police are on their trail”.
While reports claimed the suspects are allegedly indigenes of Ekeremor Local Government, others claimed the attempt may be political and over the struggle for the control of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State.
Law & Crime
Niger State AG, Commissioner for Justice seeks collaboration with Police to end thuggery, Youth restiveness
By Uthman Baba-Al-Naseer, Minna
The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Niger State Barrister Nasiru Mua’zu, has requested for a collaboration with the Niger State Police Command to bring an end to the activities of thuggery and youth restiveness in Minna the Niger State Capital.
He assured the Niger State, Command of his Ministry supports in ensuring that the increasing Proportion of youths restiveness and other security Challenges in the state are brought to an end.
The Attorney General who stated this while on a courtesy visit to the Commissioner of Police in Niger State, CP Abudullahi Adamu Elleman in his office Monday, noted that the office of the Attorney General is worried with the activities of ” these miscreants that have been making Minna the state capital inhabitable in recent times”
According to the Commissioner for Justice, members of the public also need to support relevant security agencies in the state with the needed information on the activities of these miscreants ” so that they can be taken away from the streets in the general interest of the citizens”
Adding, “As you all known police and other security forces as well as the courts cannot perform any magic neither they are magicians.
” Without Any vital information from the Public on the identity of these miscreants and their hideouts you cannot expect any magic from the security agencies. So all stakeholders must collaborate with the relevant security agencies to flush out these youths from our midsts” he asserted
Speaking further, Nasiru Mua’zu described as disturbing the undue interference of some prominent individuals and parents on the prosecution of their children involvement in criminality warning that full wrath of the law will be visited on such parents.
The Attorney General assured that the Judiciary will continue to leave up its constitutional mandate in ensuring the full Prosecution of the miscreants and appropriate punishment are mated on them if found guilty noting that unnecessary interference as the factor responsible for the effective Prosecution of the miscreants
Receiving the Attorney General, the Commissioner of Police CP Adamu Abdullahi Elleman, applauded the Commissioner for Justice for the visit and assure that the Command under his leadership will synergize with the office of the Attorney General in ensuring the speedy dispensation of Criminal Justice in the state.
He noted that the Police, as a critical stakeholders in the Criminal administration of Justice would continue to partner with the Ministry of Justice in making the state unsafe for Criminal minded elements in the state
CP Adamu Elleman requested the support of the office of the Attorney General for training and retraining of investigating Police Officers (IPO) this according to the Commissioner of Police will improve the capacity of the Police investigators for effective performance.
He told the Attorney General that legal department of the Command will be given the needed empowerment for effective Prosecution of cases and the legal department will be monitored to perform.
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