Breaking: Gunmen abduct Tinubu, Shettima’s Youths leader in Zamfara

Finally, insecurity has bitten directly at President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Gunmen kidnapped Ambassador Bashir Isa Gusau, the North-West Youth Leader of the Tinubu and Shettima campaign organisation in Zamfara State. A security analyst Bakatsine shared the incident on X few minutes ago.

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“Gunmen suspected to be bandits abduct Ambassador Bashir Isa Gusau, North-West Youth Leader of Tinubu/Shettima, Zamfara Chapter.

“Over 30 armed men stormed his home in Gusau and abducted him before his wife. Security agencies alerted, but no trace yet. How long will these bandit attacks continue?” Bakastine said.

As of the time of reporting there was no official comment from security agencies. But the whereabout Isa Gusau still remained largely unknown.

Insecurity, with hunger, is the biggest challenge overwhelming Tinubu’s administration since 2023. Kidnapping the president’s campaign official is not just a loss; it’s also a direct insult and yet another proof of the ever-increasing insecurity in Nigeria.

UNN lecturer assaults a Smart School teacher at Gov. Peter Mbah’s Owo town

A lecturer of the University of Nigeria (UNN) has caused problems in Owo Smart School. Anthony Okolie, with the Department of Public Administration and Local Government, stormed the college where his wife was a teacher with two plainclothe policemen. He arrested her – Ms Esther Ogbu – and her two brothers and two other teachers.

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The couple was said to have separated over irreconcilable differences sometimes in the past but have not approach the Court or any other relevant institution to make their divorce official.

After the arrest, Okolie went to his wife’s residence and took the boys.

Owo, a community in Nkanu East, is the hometown of Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah.

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Revisited: Ekoro Health Center and saga of Hyginus Okorie of Okpanku Aninri

Earlier July in 2022, a very disturbing news of gross misappropriation going on in Aninri healthcare system emerged. Particularly, the case in Ekoro Health Center in Okpanku was the worst.

After media investigation exposed the architect of the decay, one Mr Hyginus Okorie, Bennett Ajah’s administration swung to action.

More facts came to light. For years, Mr Okorie had stolen the supplies of drugs and medical equipments meant for the health facility, according to reports from the chairman’s office. He stole one big generator the government supplied, and another that the good people of Okpanku donated. A big GP tank, meant for the center, was found under his care. Then, approximately ₦13 million naira, fund the state government sent regularly for maintenance of the hospital, was squandered and there was no trace of expenses records.

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At first, Bennett Ajah took the matter seriously but was stopped by the defacto chairman, Gabriel Ukpabi, his Secretary to the Local Government, according to sources familiar with the development.

It’s true that officials from the Local Government Service Commission came down to Aninri to see for themselves. And that was all: they saw for themselves. But nothing happened.

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“What the chairman [Prince Ugochukwu Nwanjoku] should do is check various persons he entrusted with various duties in the council for accountability,” Benson Nnaji, a PhD student of political science at Enugu State University of Science and Technology said.

“Chairman cannot do everything, that’s why he has assistants in vital areas. But the chairman is to blame if anything goes wrong. Nobody knows about the assistant, and that’s why he has to make each appointee do his or her work very well,” Nnaji concluded.

There is only but a minor change in Aninri healthcare system today. And those, like Hyginus Okorie, who actively wrecked the system, are still walking freely among his Okpanku brothers whom his actions brought immeasurable shame, pain and so many unwarranted deaths.

Like before, most of the health workers still live and do businesses in Enugu city; they are paying some quack nurses to “sign for me”; they don’t go to work. While the poor, sick rural dwellers suffer and die of preventable diseases, the health workers receive their full “ransoms” for the losses in the name of regular salaries.

Yet, there is a supervisor for health in the council today.

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Last year, when member of Aninri Legislative Chamber unanimously impeached it’s leader Philip Igwe the people were genuinely thrilled.

For a man who stayed the whole time in the council’s darkest days – Bennett Ajah’s tenure – and who actively supported the “Babylonian King”, Hon. Igwe fitted into a good image of a dirty villain in the eyes of the public.

His removal was, in fact, due and was hailed as a fresh start of legislative vibrancy. People also like Igwe’s replacement, Hon. Ajah, the councillor representing Okpanku ward.

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However, more than a year after the “fresh start” under Ajah the chamber is yet to start. According to impeccable sources, there are only four bills which have been introduced in Aninri Legislative House since October 2024. Ajah himself introduced three of those bills, and the councillor of Oduma ward 3 introduced one. Shockingly, all these bills are still at their introductory stages, and the Enugu State agencies responsible for land use are kicking to kill one the bills for “lacking in importance”.

Taken literally, Aninri lawmakers have not made even one law since 2024.

“Do you blame them? Most is them were handpicked for reasons apart from merit,” James Ajah, a trader who have resided at Ndeabor for more than 25 years told InfoWarsHQ.

At the time when Governor Peter Mbah is in need to plant ‘new’ All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu, those who should inherently be his foot soldiers are now proven to be grossly incapable. As at today, it were merely 3,402 people who agreed to registered as APC members in Aninri – in a zone that boasts of approximately 20,000 voters.

“Our people are no longer fools. We’ve been fooled many times. They shared rice, fertiliser and give money to their families and to their friends. But nothing for us. Why should we follow them? Are these people leaders?” Chidi Nwanyanwu from Mmafu village in Oduma said.

There has never been any real political contest in Aninri since 1999. Thinking that they own the council, the privileged few had sat at the common resources, enriching their pockets while all the while trampling on the silent majority.

Also, since 1999, all the councillors – most of whom pure idiots and illiterates – are handpicked simply to fill slots. What else, if not confusion and incompetence, would keep a whole 10 lawmakers from making a single law in nearly two years?