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36 — Vanguard, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2022 KUJE PRISON ATTACK: Why FG can’t make report public - MINISTER By Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor ABUJA-Months after a brutal onslaught on Kuje Prison by terrorists, the Federal Government has now completed investigation into the attack. However, the government does not intend to make the report public due to its sensitive nature. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, who disclosed this while giving a scorecard of his ministry at a media briefing in Abuja yesterday, however, said some of the escapees from the facility had been recaptured, while many others were still at large. The attacks by the insurgents group led to the escape of over 600 inmates, including members of the terror group, Boko Haram. Aregbesola, who was flanked by the Minister of Information and Cultural, Alhaji Lai Mohammed and the Permanent Secretary of his Ministry, Dr Shuaib Belgore, said the greatest legacy of the Buhari administration was the government’s ability to push •Plans passport processing centres in Daura, others Boko Haram insurgents out of all the local governments they hitherto occupied before the advent of the government. The minister said, “In 2015 Boko Haram members were holding territories in local governments in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States, but today they have been dislodged. Yes, there are challenges here and there, but there is no nation without challenges”. Aregbesola maintained that challenges relating to the delay in issuance of international passports were being addressed, adding that the procedures leading to data capturing are responsible for the delay. He said: “We don’t have enough processing and data-capturing centres across the country. This is the major challenge. “For instance, we have only three centres in the whole of Lagos, but I can assure you that before this administration leaves by May 29, next year, Lagos will have 20 processing centres. “We will open processing centres in Daura, Oyo, Zaria, Alimosho, Defence Headquarters, Head of Service Office, and one in the Ministry of Interior,” Aregbesola asserted. Earlier, the Minister of Information, Lai Muhammed, had regretted the increasing resort to fake news by a section of the media, which he noted had become a threat to President Muhammadu Buhari’s achievements in office. Mohammed noted: “Attack on INEC offices across the country has become a threat to 2023 elections,” citing case of recent INEC fake latter against APC Presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, which went viral in some mainstream media. The minister cautioned media outlets to avoid being used for such nefarious activities, adding that fake news had done serious damage on elections in other climes and warned that the government would not allow the purveyors to have an upper hand. Oil theft: Nigeria lost over $2bn in 8 months - SENATE By Henry Umoru ABUJA- THE Senate has vehemently refused to indict any individual or organisations involved in crude oil theft in the country, saying Nigeria lost over $2 billion to the phenomenon between January and August 2022. This, according to the Senate, contributed to loss in revenue that would have supported Nigeria's fiscal deficits and budget implementation. It also said that between April and September 2022, security interventions had led to the seizure and arrest of 11 crude oil vessels, 30 speed boats, 179 wooden boats, 37 trucks as well as arrest of 122 suspects for crude oil theft. According to the Upper Chamber, 959 metal tanks, 737 Ovens, 452 dugout Pits, 342 Reservoirs, and 355 Cooking Pots were destroyed, just as 207 pumping machines, 12 sophisti- ...Summons Finance, Trade Ministers, others over N500bn disbursement By Henry Umoru ABUJA- THE Senate has begun probe into the alleged un-even disbursement of loans to Small and Medium Scale Enterprises, MSMEs, in the six geopolitical regions by Development Bank of Nigeria, DBN, to the tune of N500billion. To carry out the investigation, the Senator Sani Musa (APC, Niger East), led Senate Ad- hoc Committee on Un-even disbursement of N500billion, has summoned the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed to appear before it to clarify the issues raised. Also summoned were the Minister of Trade and Investment, Niyi Adebayo; DBN; MSMEs Agency, SMEDAN; Bank of Industry, BOI and Bank of Agriculture. The Senate had last week constituted an adhoc committee, which has Senator Musa, asChairman, with Senators Ibrahim Danbaba, Patrick Akinyelure, Matthew Urhoghide, Ali Ndume, Uche Ekwunife, and Sadiq Umar. cated Welding Machines, 6 power Generators and 2 Automatic Filling Machines were recovered. Resolutions of the Senate yesterday were sequel to the presentation and adoption of the Report of Ad- hoc Committee to investigate Oil Lifting, Theft and the Impact on Petroleum Production and Oil Revenues by Senator Albert Bassey Akpan, Young Progressives Party, YPP, Akwa Ibom North East. The Senate said: "The country has lost over $2 billion to oil theft between January and August 2022, which lost revenue that ordinarily would have supported the country's fiscal deficits and budget implementation. "Between April and September 2022, security interventions has led to the seizure and arrest of 11 crude oil Vessels, 30 speed boats, 179 wooden boats, 37 trucks as well as 122 arrested suspects of crude oil theft. "Also 959 metal tanks, 737 Ovens, 452 dugout Pits, 342 Reservoirs, and 355 Cooking Pots were destroyed. Also 207 pumping machines, 12 sophisticated Welding Machines, 6 power Generators and 2 Automatic Filling Machines were recovered. "NNPC in collaboration with both industry regulators, other partners and government security agencies has deployed security architecture.” :Vanguard :@vanguardnews NEWS HOTLINES: 2023: Nigerians in hunger over $40bn APC govt foreign debts —Oborevwori ... urges Nigerians to collect PVCs, vote out APC S APEPLE—THE humongous debt profile of the federal government of Nigeria under the regime of the All Progressives Congress, APC, joint led by President Muhammadu Buhari has been described as "life threatening" by the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Delta State, Sheriff Oborevwori. Oborevwori while addressing a crowd of party faithful and supporters in Sapele, in continuation of his Ward-to-Ward campaigns, disclosed that the hardship, hunger, joblessness, poverty and constant devaluation of the Naira currency, was as a result of the $40 billion foreign debts and other loans needlessly obtained from multilateral sources by the Buhari-led APC national government. The PDP guber candidate and incumbent Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, further posited that the vexed mismanagement of the nation's economy is at variance with the electioneering promises made to Nigerians by the ruling APC national government in 2015 and 2019, adding that Nigerians will no longer fall for APC campaign lies that brought hunger, poverty, acute insecurity, mismanaged health and education sectors, among others. According to him, "It is common knowledge that the N40 billion debt was obtained from multilateral sources such as; the World Bank, African Development Bank, International Monetary Fund, China, et al. Today, the nation's economy is in comatose. No thanks to President Mohmmadu Buhari and APC national government." Oborevwori said 2023 provides another ample opportunity for all impoverished, jobless and hungry Nigerians, as well as University students who were denied access to classrooms for over eight months by President Buhari, to take up their PVCs on election days to vote PDP, it's Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar and his running mate, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, adding that Atiku-Okowa has the solutions for the wrecked and bleeding Nigeria economy. On his M.O.R.E agenda, Oborevwori assured the good people of Delta State that he would expand the scope of overall development of the three senstorial districts and ensure a sustained equitable distribution of state resources for the wellbeing and prosperity of all Deltans without discrimination, and devoid of nepotism and undue favouritism. Police unveil Anti-Cult Volunteer Corps in Delta By Festus Ahon ASABA— AS part of its efforts to curb crime, Delta State Police Command, has unveiled new kits, identity cards and aprons for the Anti-Cult Volunteer Corps, AVC, in the state. The Commissioner of Police in the State, Mr Ari Muhammed Ali who spoke during the ceremony, restated the commitment of the command to partner with sister security agencies, the vigilante, Anti- Cult Volunteers and other groups to tackle all forms of security challenges across the state. Underscoring the importance of community policing, Ali said the anti Cult Volunteer Corps had played key roles in partnering with the Police to address serious security challenges in communities across the state. He explained that the Corps is basically a humanitarian service, and appreciated the By Akinroye Abdulazeez FORMER Chairman of Ika South Local Government Council and a chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Ika South Local Government Area, LGA, of Delta State, Andrew Obiazi, has said the humility of the PDP governorship candidate in the state, Sheriff Oborevwori has endeared him to members of the party and most Deltans. Obiazi who spoke in Agbor, the headquarters of Ika South LGA, said Oborevwori is humility personified. God has divinely ordained him to succeed Governor Ifeanyi Okowa on May 29, after the 2023 general elections in the country. The emergence of the PDP gubernatorial candidate in the state at a transparent primaries organised by the national efforts of AVC in combating the menace of cultism in the state, stressing that the idea of community policing is about crime fighting as the Police can not do it alone. He said: “the issue of security is everybody's business. The Police can not do it alone”, adding that all over the world crime fighting is a collective one hence the need for inter agency cooperation and collaboration. Ali noted that no country in the world has zero crime rate even the developed ones, noting that it can only be brought down astronomically particularly with the collaboration of stakeholders such as Anti Cult Volunteer Corps, vigilante and other sister security agencies playing their roles effectively. While commending the Anti- Cult Volunteer Corps for it's commitment to stamp out cultism and other social vices from communities, the Police Commissioner advised the leadership not to condone any bad egg among it's fold who secretariat of the party, coupled with his Supreme Court victory, are clear attestation to the fact that Oborevwori’s candidature is clearly a divine project. “Of all the contenders of the governorship position in Delta State, Oborevwori is the most qualified person to lead the state comes May 29, 2023, judging by his humane conduct and patriotic disposition towards the promotion of sustainable development in the state. “I want to appeal to Deltans to rally round the PDP gubernatorial candidate and other candidates of the party to enable them consolidate the Okowa’s legacies of good governance, infrastructural transformation and human capital development. “Oborevwori is humble, calm and unassuming. He is humility would want to use the Corps as a cover to engage in criminality, adding that such should be fished and shown the way out. “I enjoin all of you members of the Anti-Cult Volunteer Corps to be professional in discharge of your duties and desist from acts against the tenets of formation of AVC. As crime fighters, you must smoke out moles from within who sell out intelligence to their criminal cohorts. We should not allow saboteurs to be in our midst", he said. The Officer in Charge of the Anti-Cult Unit in the Delta State Police Command, Superintendent of Police Chris Igbaji, urged the anti cult Volunteer Corps to carry out their duties within the ambit of the law and should be exemplary in the conduct. The President, Anti Cult Volunteer Corps, Delta State, Ambassador Uche Nwahandi implored his members to operate in line with the laid down rules and be good ambassadors in the various zones and communities PDP gov candidate's humility endears him to most Deltans —Obiazi personified and has the intellect and managerial skills needed to expand the frontiers of development where the achievements recorded by the Senator Okowa led administration would be consolidated,” he said. While applauding Governor Okowa for his great accomplishments, the PDP stalwart expressed hope that the party was going to coast to victory, considering what he (Okowa) had done in the 25 local government areas of the state vis-a-vis the delivery of the dividends of democracy to residents of the state. “With what governor Okowa has done for Deltans, I am very optimistic that our party (PDP) will have an overwhelming electoral outing in the 2023 polls. By the grace of God and with the support of Deltans, all the PDP candidates would be delivered.”

Vanguard, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER, 23, 2022 — 37

Vanguard, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER, 23, 2022 — 37

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