Over 1,000 Boko Haram Members Captured in Three Months

Director of Defence Information (DDI), Brig-Gen. Chris Olukolade

The Defence Headquarters has disclosed that about 1,000 members of the outlawed Boko Haram sect have been captured, since the declaration of emergency rule by President Goodluck Jonathan in the three north-eastern states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe, three months ago.

This was revealed by the Director of Defence Information (DDI), Brig-Gen. Chris Olukolade, Thursday when some journalists demanded an assessment of the Joint Task Force (JTF) towards achieving the mandate of emergency rule, having reached the mid-way mark of three out of the six months approved by the National Assembly.

Rivers Crisis: IG Says Mbu is a Professional and Won't be Removed

 IGP, Muhammad Abubakar

There may not be an end in sight to the political development in Rivers State as the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Muhammad Abubakar, yesterday indicated that the controversial state Commissioner of  Police, Joseph Mbu will not move an inch from his duty post.

Abubakar, who spoke to State House correspondents after the traditional Sallah homage some Muslim dignitaries in the administration paid on the president, insisted, without saying so directly, that Mbu is a professional officer, who is politically aloof and thus may not have breached any police rule that would warrant his recall.