Peter Obi Chides Unknown Gunmen Killing SuperSports Reporters In Ihiala
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#Sports #Ihiala #Libya #news #NFF #Obi #Orlu #Peter #SuperSports ©October 15th, 2024 ®October 16, 2024 8:54 am Former Anambra State Governor and the Labour Party Presidential candidate in the last general elections in Nigeria, Peter Obi has spoken out to chide or rebuke the killing of a police officer and SuperSports Television reporters by Unknown Gunmen along the dreaded and dangerous Ihiala-Orlu road in Anambra State last Tuesday while they were enroute to Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State for the Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON qualifier match between Nigeria Super Eagles and Libya Mediterranean Knights that was held last Friday. #OsazuwaAkonedo
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#Sports #Ihiala #Libya #news #NFF #Obi #Orlu #Peter #SuperSports ©October 15th, 2024 ®October 16, 2024 8:54 am Former Anambra State Governor and the Labour Party Presidential candidate in the last general elections in Nigeria, Peter Obi has spoken out to chide or rebuke the killing of a police officer and SuperSports Television reporters by Unknown Gunmen along the dreaded and dangerous Ihiala-Orlu road in Anambra State last Tuesday while they were enroute to Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State for the Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON qualifier match between Nigeria Super Eagles and Libya Mediterranean Knights that was held last Friday. #OsazuwaAkonedo
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00:00Former Anambra State Governor and the Labour Party Presidential Candidate in the last General
00:05Elections in Nigeria.
00:07Peter Obi has spoken out to chide or rebuke the killing of a police officer and Super
00:11Sports Television reporters by unknown gunmen along the dreaded and dangerous Ihiyola-Onu
00:16Road in Anambra State last Tuesday while they were en route to Uyu, Akwa Ibom State for
00:21the Africa Cup of Nations, Afghan qualifier match between Nigerian Super Eagles and Libyan
00:26Mediterranean Knights that was held last Friday.
00:29Ihiyola-Onu Road has been like a death trap where unknown gunmen have been killing a lot
00:34of travellers especially security operatives in recent years which amongst others included
00:39the killing of Major Churchill Oji, police escorts of former Delta State Governor Ifanyi
00:45Okowa and the killing of military couple at Olu Forest who was travelling to Mkwere in
00:49Iwo State for their wedding, Master Warrant Officer Linus Audu and his partner, an Army
00:56Private, Gloria Mathew alongside military colleagues and family members.
01:01Meanwhile police in Anambra State have rescued six journalists who were abducted along the
01:06Iseke-Onu Road in Ihiyola while travelling from Lagos to Uyu, Akwa Ibom State.
01:12Incident two Super Sports TV reporters and one police officer were killed on Tuesday.
01:18The police spokesperson in the state, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, in a statement on Thursday, sent joint
01:25security forces carrying out the rescue operation.
01:28His said efforts were ongoing to locate a seventh crew member who remains missing.
01:34Nigeria Football Federation confirmed the killing of the journalists on Saturday in a news release.
01:41Information gathered on the incident revealed that the bandits opened fire on the bus in which
01:46the Super Sport operatives were travelling with staff and security personnel on board
01:51and the attack immediately resulted in the deaths of a cameraman,
01:55a police officer, and the bus driver, the NFF said on Saturday.
02:01NFF President, Ibrahim Ghusal said though Nigeria defeated Libya 1-0 in the Friday
02:07encounter in the southern city of Uyu, Akwa Ibom, the incident has cast a shadow on the
02:13Super Eagles' victory. Yes, we won the match against Libya and took three points,
02:19but the fact that three lives were lost created a situation in which we were unable to celebrate
02:25properly and it holds seriously to even think back at the unfortunate incident, Ghusal said.
02:31He recalled Nigeria's long and fruitful relationship with Super Sport and sent
02:37the football body shears in, their pain and sorrow at this period. Our prayer is that
02:43the Almighty will comfort the Super Sport family and the families of the deceased
02:48and also grant the deceased eternal rest, he said while praying for the safe return of one person
02:54still unaccounted for. Fourteen persons were said to have been in the vehicle at the time of the
03:00ambush. Eight persons were eventually rescued, two escaped on their own, three were killed and
03:07one person is still unaccounted for, the NFF's statement read. We had reported earlier in the
03:15year that the Nigerian army authority said that a combined team of security operatives in the
03:20country have destroyed the dreaded Mada Valley camp, believed to be one of the major headquarters
03:25of the Biafra secessionist armed groups which is about 5,000 feet below sea level spanning between
03:31Osu local government area in Igbo state and Iheola local government area in Anambra state.
03:38Nigerian army attached to the news release pictorial evidences of activities of actions
03:44of military troops in the recaptured communities and Mada Valley forest with signposts showing
03:49Lelu in Iheola. Nigerian army has said, recalling the commencement of the joint task force southeast
03:57operation Modoka or PUK that started on the 11th of February 2024, the combined JTF troops of NA,
04:06NNNAF as well as personnel of NPF, DSS and NSCDC had cleared and liberated Osu,
04:15Eke Ututu, Tango 1 Osumabu, Ihitupa Ihitinansai and Lelu over the last three weeks.
04:23In continuation of the sustained operations, the JTF or PUK troops on the 7th of March 2024
04:31and destroyed the notorious supreme headquarters of the terrorist indigenous people of Biafra,
04:36IPOB and its armed affiliate Eastern Security Network, ESN. The headquarters that serves as
04:43the last IPOB, ESN stronghold is located in the Mada Valley and spans Osu and Iheola local
04:49government areas of Igbo and Anambra states respectively is about 5,000 feet below sea
04:55level. The well-concealed and forested location affords the terrorists good cover from air
05:02surveillance. It also serves as their command and control center and military council headquarters.
05:09During the raid operations, the gallant troops encountered, detonated and recovered many command
05:15improvised explosive devices, IEDs and various types of obstacles which were cleared by the
05:21determined troops. The troops also came in contact with the terrorists but were subdued
05:27with superior firepower with many neutralized while others with varying degrees of gunshot
05:32wounds fled into the bush. Thus, all in the Igbo and in the Anambra are requested to report any
05:39strange phase in their communities to OPPO by dialing emergency line 193 and press 2 from their
05:46phones. In addition to many weapons, equipment, IEDs and stolen vehicles recovered over the last
05:54three weeks, items recovered in the Mada Valley include 3x G3 rifles, 9x automatic pump action
06:02rifles, 7x double barrel guns, 2x locally made pistols, 2x rocket propelled grenade bombs,
06:102x AK-47 magazine and 1x G3 magazine. Others are 26 rounds of 7.62mm special ammunition,
06:2116 rounds of 7.62mm NATO ammunition, 72 pump action cartridges, 1x chancel, 1x laptop,
06:311x CCTV DVR, 26x CCTV cameras, 17x mouth and radios with batteries and 10 without
06:40batteries including their chargers. Also recovered are 6x handheld IEDs, 26x android phones,
06:4925x normal phones, 1x inverter, 1x sim card registration machine, 4x POS machines, 3x
06:59motorcycle batteries for igniting IEDs, 2x trumpets, 2x Biafra flags, 20x ESN certificates,
07:072x terrace containing details of ammunition and food supplies and two parts of Biafra
07:12Liberation Army uniforms. The joint troops also destroyed about 50 tents in the valley
07:18housing the Supreme Headquarters, IPOB, ESN Command and Control Center, Bontusos Hideout
07:25and Residence, offices, their logistics beds, temples and shrines used for occultic practices
07:32among many other items. The force commander, Joint Task Force Southeast Operation Buduka,
07:39Major General Hassan Taylur Dada wishes to appreciate the incredible cooperation of
07:44sister services and other security agencies for the success achieved so far. The force commander
07:51also enjoins the leaders of all liberated communities to return to their ancestral homes,
07:56implies community efforts to ensure that all criminal elements not from the communities
08:02are not allowed to return to desecrate their homelands. The JTF-OPUK will continue to provide
08:08all security support to such communities within the ambit of the law. Furthermore,
08:14all law-abiding individuals are enjoined to provide timely and actionable information
08:19through OPUK Emergency Line 193 then press Option 2 to help make the Southeast Geopolitical Zone
08:27a peaceful and conducive environment for socio-economic development to thrive.
08:32Peter Obiwale reacting to the killing of the journalists described gunman killing in Nigeria
08:38as never-ending incident that is getting worse by the day. He said and in quote,
08:43The never-ending incidents of killings, kidnappings and other violent crimes across
08:49the country have continued to be of concern to many. The situation has continued unabated and
08:56is worse by the day. Non-state actors have continued to inflict pain and sorrow on families
09:02whose loved ones are often kidnapped and sometimes killed in gruesome manners. In particular,
09:08I condemn, in totality, the unfortunate killing of some crew members of Super Sports TV
09:15who were attacked in a tragic ambush along the Ihila Olu Road, Anambra State, a few days ago.
09:22These media practitioners were on their way to Rio to perform official duty for their medium end,
09:28indeed, the nation when the tragic incident happened, resulting in their death and the
09:33kidnap of others. Two days ago, a few persons were also reportedly killed while some others
09:40were injured in a terror attack carried out by criminals in the Agatu Local Government
09:45area of Benue State. These violent attacks, many of which go unreported, have now continued to
09:53define our daily existence in our once-secured nation. We are gradually losing count of the
09:59people who have lost their lives to insecurity in our nation. How much longer do we allow our
10:06people to die before we decide enough is enough? I condone with the families who have lost their
10:12ones to these recent attacks while praying for eternal rest on the dead and quick recovery for
10:17the injured. We are all in this together as a nation and will continue to demand for the security
10:23of lives and property of every Nigerian.