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Human-rights activists have voiced concern over the death of the leader of an Islamic sect in Nigerian police custody, calling it “unlawful” killing.

Nigerian government officials said Mohammed Yusuf, 39, was shot while trying to escape. His capture by police had been announced just hours earlier.

His group is blamed for days of unrest that has left hundreds of people dead.

The Boko Haram group wants to overthrow the Nigerian government and impose a strict version of Islamic law.

Mr Yusuf was held and later shot in the north-eastern city of Maiduguri.

A BBC reporter in the city was among journalists shown two films, one apparently showing Mr Yusuf making a confession; the other showing what appeared to be his body, riddled with bullets.

Militants led by Mr Yusuf have been blamed for days of deadly violence

“Mohammed Yusuf was killed by security forces in a shootout while trying to escape,” the regional police assistant inspector-general, Moses Anegbode, told Nigerian television.

A spokesman for the state governor was also quoted as saying that Mr Yusuf had been trying to escape.

Troops had stormed Boko Haram’s stronghold on Wednesday night, killing many of the militants and forcing others to flee.

Mr Yusuf was arrested earlier on Thursday, after reportedly being found hiding in a goat pen at his parents-in-law’s house.

‘Gun battles’

Staff at Human Rights Watch said there should be an immediate investigation into the case.

“The extrajudicial killing of Mr Yusuf in police custody is a shocking example of the brazen contempt by the Nigerian police for the rule of law,” said Human Rights Watch’s Eric Guttschuss.

Another Human Rights Watch researcher, Corinne Dufka, told AP news agency: “The Nigerian authorities must act immediately to investigate and hold to account all those responsible for this unlawful killing and any others associated with the recent violence in northern Nigeria.”

The violence began on Sunday night in Bauchi state, before spreading to other towns and cities in the northeast of the West African nation.

Crowds of militants tried to storm government buildings and the city’s police headquarters, but dozens of them were shot dead by security forces.

Several days of gun battles between militants and Nigerian security forces ensued, culminating in the assault on the militant’s stronghold.

It is thought more than 300 people have died in the violence - some estimates say 600, although there has been no official confirmation.

The Red Cross said about 3,500 people had fled the fighting and were being housed in their camp.

Witnesses and human rights groups have accused the military of excessive violence in quelling the militants, but the army says it used a minimal amount of force.

Police say Mr Yusuf was a preacher from Yobe state, who had four wives and 12 children.

They described him as a inspirational character.

His sect, Boko Haram, is against Western education. It believes Nigeria’s government is being corrupted by Western ideas and wants to see Islamic law imposed across Nigeria.

Sharia law is in place across northern Nigeria, but there is no history of al-Qaeda-linked violence.

The country’s 150 million people are split almost equally between Muslims in the north and Christians in the south.

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Bauchi, the capital city of Bauchi State, was awash with bloodbath early morning yesterday as scores of religious fundamentalists were killed after a failed attack on a police station.

Official estimates put the death toll at 32, but the figure is not less than 150, according to correspondents who said they counted the bodies.

A group called “Boko Haram” (”education is sin”), which has been campaigning for the imposition of Sharia’h (Islamic law) on the 36 states of the Nigerian federation, was said to have sparked off the crisis when its members launched an attack on the station.

Reuters news agency quoted a member of the group, who was wounded during the initial attack on the station, as saying the group wanted to “clean the (Nigerian) system which is polluted by western education and uphold Sharia’h all over the country”.

“The police has (have) been arresting our leaders; that is why we decided to retaliate,” said the man, who gave his name only as Abdullah, according to the news agency.

Meanwhile, the state Governor, Mallam Isa Yuguda, has described the fundamentalists as militants, urging Nigerians to see it as a national issue.

“Their plan is to attack everybody,” he said, while announcing a curfew from 9pm to 6am. “Governors should brace up and clean their states of this rubbish.”

THISDAY gathered that the sect struck around the Federal Low-cost Housing Estate and Dutsen Tanshi areas in the early hours of yesterday.

They were said to be reacting to the refusal of the Bauchi State government to allow a free atmosphere to publicly practise their religion as well as win more souls to the sect.

The newspaper learnt that members of the sect had been planning a demonstration in Bauchi for a long time now but were not given the chance because of the fear by government that their doctrine, if allowed to be preached publicly, could cause a religious crisis.

Their teachings are regarded as completely out of tune with the teachings of other Islamic sects, especially regarding peaceful co-existence.

The sect members, in their hundreds, trooped to the Dutsen Tanshi Police Station in the early hours of the day and attacked it, chasing away the few policemen on duty and forcing themselves into the station before destroying anything they could lay their hands on.

But they could not break into the armoury which was under lock and key.

After a distress call by the policemen to the Command headquarters, a reinforcement of armed policemen, including men from the mobile unit, was drafted to the area to ward off the fundamentalists during which some of them were killed and several others injured.

The Bauchi State Police Command, through the PPRO, Mohammed Barau, confirmed the incident, saying more policemen had been drafted to the area to maintain order and security.

He said other security measures had been taken to ensure that the crisis did not spread beyond the area, adding that as soon as the state command got clearance from the Police Headquarters in Abuja, it would officially make a pronouncement.

As at the time of this report, the combined military and police patrol teams had gone round the villages in Bauchi to fish out some of the fundamentalists who had escaped from their Bauchi base.

In his reaction, Minister of Police Affairs, Ibrahim Yakubu Lame, declared that the Inspector General of Police (IG), Mr. Ogbonnaya Onovo, had been ordered to ensure peace and security of lives and properties of citizens across the country.

He said inasmuch as the government was committed to freedom of religion, it would not condone any fundamentalist who would bring about breakdown of law and order in the country.

Though the Director of Press Affairs to the Governor, Mohammed Maigari Khanna, and other top government functionaries were seen at the Police Command Headquarters, they refused to make any comment on the development, but promised that as soon as the situation was properly studied, government would make its position known.

The Nigerian Taliban, according to an AFP report, made its debut in 2004 when it set up a base - dubbed Afghanistan - in Kanamma village in northern Yobe State, on the border with Niger, from where it attacked police outposts and killed police officers.

Its membership is mainly drawn from university dropouts.

Religious clashes between Muslims and Christians in Bauchi State led to the death of five people in February.

More than 700 people died last November in Jos, capital of Plateau State, when a political feud over a local election degenerated into bloody confrontation between Muslims and Christians.

Meanwhile, major streets in Jos, the capital city of Plateau State, was yesterday, deserted as armoured tanks were stationed at strategic points within the metropolis.

‘Education is Sin’

Boko Haram, the sect fingered in the latest Bauchi religious crisis, means “education is sin”. The sect wants Islamic law imposed on the federation, while also campaigning against Western education. They have similar beliefs with the Taliban group in Afghanistan.

Dick Tiger CBE (born Richard Ihetu August 14, 1929 - December 14, 1971) was a boxer from Amaigbo, Nigeria, was a migrant fighter to Liverpool (and later to America). Tiger was a member of the Igbo ethnic group. Tiger was a talented boxer, commercial venturer, and Biafran rebel. His boxing career record was: Fought 81; Won 60; Lost 18; Drew 3.

Tiger developed a portfolio of investments before the outbreak of his homeland’s civil war. Supporter of the Biafran secession, Tiger’s propaganda and financial support of this cause cost him much. Tiger was appointed CBE by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, but he returned his insignia as a protest for what he perceived as a lack of support by Great Britain to the Biafran cause.

DICK TIGER

Excerpt from the GUARDIAN-07/18/2009

Boxing legend, Richard Dick ‘Tiger’ Ihetu, was perhaps, the greatest boxer Africa has produced. Apart from the titles he won inside the ring, Tiger inspired lots of Nigerians by laying a foundation, which to a large extent, produced great scholars for the country, especially for his home town, Amaigbo, in Nwangele Local Government Area of Imo State.

Before his death on December 14, 1971, Tiger had won several titles, including the World middleweight title and the light heavyweight championship belt. He was also named the Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year for 1962 and 1965. But for members of his family, the greatest legacy Dick Tiger left behind was building a secondary school for the people of Amaigbo even at a time when the boxer had not thought of laying the foundation stone of his house in the village.

By August 14 this year, his family members, people of Amaigbo and the government of Imo State will pulp champagne to celebrate Dick Tiger’s 80th post humous birthday. His daughter, Justina Ihetu, who is in Nigeria from her base in the United States of America, told GOWON AKPODONOR during the week that the legacy left behind by her father is worth celebrating.

“The labour of our Heroes past shall never be in vain”. These were the words of Miss Justina Ihetu, daughter of former World middleweight and light heavyweight champion, late Richard Dick ‘Tiger’ Ihetu, as the Amaigbo community in Imo State is preparing to celebrate Tiger’s 80th post humous birthday on August 14.

Born on August 14, 1929, in Amaigbo community in Imo State, the late Dick Tiger fought with everything at his disposal to put Nigeria’s name on the world map. He grew up in the commercial city of Aba, in the present day Abia State. When it became obvious that Tiger’s fighting skills were more than ordinary, he took to boxing and soon established himself as champion of the amateur ranks. As his fame started to spread, so did his confidence.

In 1952, he fought his first major fight, taking a disputed verdict against an equally strong Tommy West. In a 1953 re-match, he lost to West in a Collister Best championship. From that moment, the home turf became too small for Tiger and he lift for Liverpool, England. It was the beginning of his journey to stardom.

His first big fight, the one that shot him up the rankings and made him a world title contender, was his victory against Terry Downnes in the sixth round in 1957. He went on to dominate the Commonwealth, winning what was then called the British Empire middleweight boxing title.

In 1962, Dick Tiger won the middleweight title of the world, beating American Gene Fullmer in San Francisco, California, USA. From when Tiger established himself in international boxing to his championship fight with Fullmer, all top American and European boxers were avoiding him. But when he finally got the opportunity, there was no stopping. He gave Fullmer a first re-match in Las Vegas, USA, and it ended in a draw.

Ten months later, Fullmer was given a second re-match, this time at the Liberty Stadium, Ibadan. With flag-and-banner-waving Nigerian supporters behind him, Tiger gave the American the beating of his life, stopping him in the 7th round.

In 1966, Tiger moved up to the lightweight category and in December of that year, he beat Jose Torres in Puerto Rico to win the world light heavyweight title. He went on to defend the title three times before losing it to Bob Foster at the Madison Square Garden, USA, in 1968. At 38, Tiger was still fighting and winning awards. Even with the Nigeria civil war going on back home, Tiger summoned courage and step into the ring in 1968 to fight Frankie Dapula and won. The bout was adjudged the fight of the year. His last fight on stage was in 1970, but lost to America’s middleweight boxer, Emile Griffift.

Tiger retired and became a guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. He died of a liver cancer in 1971 and his burial in his hometown, Amaigbo, was witnessed by a large turn out of more 15,000 mourners, who came from within and outside the shores of Africa.

To his daughter, Justina, the late Tiger lived the life of a hero and should be treated as one. “I was about nine years old when my father died. I knew him as a father but it was my late mother who really told me stories about him. My father came from a very humble beginning and he was more interested in rendering assistance to people, no matter what it would take.

“We need more of Dick Tiger in our society but before then, we must cultivate the habit of celebrating our heroes like Dick Tiger. Some of the things we learnt from Dick Tiger’s legacy are to believe in your dream. He always encouraged people to dream big and believe in it. My father never took us along to the ringside because he was more interested in seeing his children become lawyers, medical doctors and professionals in other fields. Thank God today we have been able to achieve that and we are very grateful to him,” she stated.

According to Justina, the late boxing legend invested all he acquired from the ring into the country. “My dad did so much for his country even without support coming from nobody. He was able to build a Secondary School, (Dick Tiger Memorial Secondary School in Amaigbo). He wanted to make sure that the up-coming youths get the needed encouragement. My mother told me that Dick Tiger built the school when he had not even thought of laying a foundation for his house in the village. So you can see the true patriotism in him as a Nigerian. That is why we are saying that all true sports loving Nigerian must celebrate this man as a true hero”, she stated.

As part of activities lined up to celebrate Dick Tiger at 80, Justina says the family would pay a visit to the secondary school, which he (Tiger) built in Amaigbo to celebrate with the students.

“We will go to the school to address the children and let them know about this Nigerian hero called Dick Tiger. We will have question and answer section with them, encourage them to always look within themselves and believe in whatever thing they are doing. I am saying this because there are many Dick Tigers waiting to be discovered in Nigeria. Anytime I want to do something and I remember the legacy of my father, it gives me the encouragement to go ahead. This is part of the message I have for the youths of Amaibgo and Nigeria in general as we prepare to celebrate the great legend, Dick Tiger”, Justina added.

In 1987, the then government of General Ibrahim Babangida honoured the late Dick Tiger and in 1991, twenty years after his death, Tiger’s name was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

“We thank them for the recognition given to my father, but the message we are preaching now is that more recognition should be given to whom it is due because it is part of our National Anthem that the labour of our heroes past must not be in vain.

Apart from the 80th birthday celebration, the children are planning to set up a Foundation to be named after Dick Tiger in Nigeria. “We are still working on it. Our plan is to use the Foundation to reach out to the youths because that was the dream of my father. He loved to give assistance to people and now that he is no more, we have to continue”, she said.

Militant action has severely cut Nigeria’s oil output

07/13/2009 - BBC News

Curse Of The Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta

Nigeria’s most prominent rebel group says it carried out an “unprecedented attack” on an oil tanker facility close to the main commercial city of Lagos.

“The depot and loading tankers moored at the facility are currently on fire,” said the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend).

Residents of the capital heard a loud blast, said the AFP news agency, but there was no official confirmation.

Previous attacks by Mend have mostly hit the Niger Delta in the south.

Such attacks have severely cut Nigeria’s oil output. Production has been cut by a fifth in the last three years partly as a result of violence.

In a statement, Mend said that “heavily armed” men had “carried out an unprecedented attack on the Atlas Cove Jetty in Lagos” at 2230 hours (2130GMT) on Sunday.

The jetty is the main entry point for ships entering Nigerian waters from the west and for oil tanker loading.

Leader release

The alleged attack follows claims by Mend in recent days that it had blown up several oil pipelines and captured six foreign crew from onboard an oil tanker.

The government recently offered an amnesty to members of any militant group which laid down its weapons

Henry Okah, Mend’s leader, is facing treason and gun-running charges since his arrest in Angola in 2007. His release has been a key demand of his Mend militant group.

On Friday, lawyers for Mr Okah said he had accepted the amnesty offer and he is expected to released early this week.

“The case is coming up tomorrow,” lawyer Femi Falana told the AFP news agency on Sunday.

He said it was “most likely” that the attorney general would decide not to pursue the case against Mr Okah.

The Mend rebels have been fighting the rights of local people in the Niger Delta and for an increased share of Nigeria’s vast oil wealth.

In Sunday’s statement, the group said the problems facing Nigeria were “nothing to do with militant freedom fighters but with the corrupt political leadership and certain arrogant tribes still living on past glory”.

But the government has in the past dismissed Mend as criminals.

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Curse Of The Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta

Nigeria’s main militant group, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend), said on Friday that it had destroyed the recently repaired Chevron pipeline linking Alero creek through Abiteye to the Chevron export terminal in Delta State. In an email sent to NEXT by Mend spokesman, Jomo Gbomo, the group claimed that the attack was carried out at about 8pm Friday evening.

This is the second time in two months that this facility will be attacked by MEND. The group has shut in an estimated one third of Nigeria’s crude oil production capacity.

It was not immediately clear if any oil production in the OPEC member country was affected. The Niger Delta is the heartland of one of Africa’s biggest oil and gas industry. This fresh attack is coming two days after Mend leader Henry Okah accepted the amnesty offer from Nigeria’s President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. Following his acceptance, Mr. Gbomo had issued an email statement indicating that the group supported Mr. Okah’s decision and that they were pleased with the appointment of former managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Timi Alaibe, as special adviser to the President on Niger Delta affairs.

It was not possible to independently verify MEND’s statement. No comment was immediately available from the Nigerian military or Chevron officials.

Below is a copy of the email that was sent to NEXT by Mr. Gbomo.

At about 2000 Hrs today, Friday, July 10, 2009, our fighters revisited the recently repaired Chevron pipeline linking Alero creek through Abiteye to the Chevron export terminal in Delta state and destroyed it again.

We have been monitoring the repair works which involved security of over 200 soldiers and waited patiently until the repair was completed.

This will be our mode of operation on any pipeline or facility that is repaired.

The soldiers left to guard the area cooperated with us and no shots were fired. We see the soldiers posted to the region as victims and will avoid a confrontation except it is absolutely necessary.

The government and the oil companies seem to care more about the flow of oil than the return of displaced persons. If the government can show the same speed in which it exhibited in repairing the lines as returning the displaced communities, the region will be a better place.

This action by the government has provoked us to decide that even when talks are on-going there will be no repairs on any destroyed facilities until both parties agree on a common position on the regions future.

Jomo Gbomo

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IN what appears as a reaction to the recent declaration of self determination by members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, police authorities may have moved to nip the secession plan.


MASSOB had, on Tuesday, in Okwe, Onuimo, Imo State declared self determination and launched its international passport which it said; “could be used by its members to travel to any part of the world, including Abuja and Lagos.”
According to a reliable source within the police high command, the authorities may have began underground moves against some MASSOB members, saying government cannot fold its hands and allow some individuals to cause disaffection within the country.
The source further said that the Federal Government may have termed the launch of the international passport by MASSOB as a confrontation on the sovereignty of the nation.
Aware of reactions that may follow an open arrest of MASSOB members, the source said much of the crack down may be done discreetly.
The source revealed that government is aware that those allegedly sponsoring activities of the group were among those who allegedly escaped arrest in May 2001 in a clash between police and MASSOB supporters, who had been trying to enforce official prices of petrol in filling stations in Okigwe, Imo State.
About 22 MASSOB members were then arrested by police but among those who allegedly escaped were one Michael Chukwuemeka Okoro, Ben Obi, Ikechukwu Okafor and some others who were allegedly now working for the actualization of the Biafra dream from outside the country.

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As promised, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has proceeded on attacks at the Shell Well Head 20, located at Cawthorn Channel 1 at 0300 Hrs today. The attacks are In connection with the abduction of the region’s kings, Egbema kingdom who was abducted by the Joint Military Taskforce (JTF) and is feared to have been killed.
Curse Of The Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta

Below is the full statement by Jomo Gbomo:

” I will bring one more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt. After that, he will let you go from here, and when he does, he will drive you out completely.”
- Jehovah (Exodus 11:1)

Showing no signs of abating, Hurricane Piper Alpha which upgraded to Hurricane Moses lashed out at the Shell Well Head 20, located at Cawthorn Channel 1 today, July 05, 2009 at about 0300 Hrs leaving total destruction in it’s wake. The facility connects to the Bonny loading terminal in Rivers state.

Just in case the JTF spokesman denies that this attack ever took place, no one should be surprised.

Jokes making the rounds in our camps is that when Rabe Abubakar was introduced as a son by his proud father at a recent gathering, his instinctive reply was to deny, saying it was baseless and a figment of his father’s imagination!

His mother who was also present became horrified because for the first time in her sons life as a chronic liar he came close to revealing the truth of a secret she had promised to take to her grave, that indeed Rabe is not his biological son.

For the JTF to deny that HRM Isaac Thikan, the traditional ruler they abducted is not in their custody should be a worrisome development and may be a confirmation that he has been actually killed. Time will tell.

Hurricane Moses is unique. It will combine dialogue in tandem with phased attacks that increase in intensity until its goal has been achieved.

This strategy was approved by Jehovah when He commanded Moses and Aaron to verbally convince a stubborn Pharaoh to free the people of Israel from years of bondage and at the same time taking actions to ensure compliance.

Aaron represents the various groups and individuals that will be doing all the talking on our behalf because we speak with faltering lips.

MEND wishes to disown the elders claiming to speak on our behalf at this time and that includes Chief E.K.Clark.

At the appropriate time, we will be putting together a team of notable Nigerians drawn from every tribe in the Niger Delta and some others outside the region to represent the group.

Let Northern Nigeria keep the political positions they desperately crave for, and retain Egypt built from the resources and detriment of the Niger Delta. But one thing they must let go this time is our freedom, which is fiscal federalism.

The plague of attacks which first started in late 2005 can only intensify until the stubborn, greedy, arrogant and wicked Nigerian Pharaohs that have held the Niger Delta and its people captive for 50 years will have no other choice than to let my people go.

Jomo Gbomo

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Curse Of The Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta
Royal Dutch Shell has suspended its operations in the Western Niger Delta, giving into increasing pressure from the MEND rebels in the region.

Shell confirmed the closure of its oil plants in the region following a spike in attacks on the company’s facilities and employees, Nigerian media reported.

Speaking in Lagos, the financial capital of Nigeria, Vice-President of Shell’s Exploration and Production Africa Markus Droll expressed dissatisfaction with the current trend of oil and natural gas production in the country and said that insurgency in the Niger Delta had resulted in a massive loss of oil revenues.

“As I speak here, we have zero production in our western operations in the delta. We have completely closed down after the most recent attack in Forcados (western Niger Delta) on Monday. At the moment, we are trying to put out two well fires on some offshore platforms and that is essentially the stage of the last of the production in that area to be closed in.”


The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has recently stepped up its assaults on oil pipelines belonging to Royal Dutch Shell and issued warnings against foreign financiers in the state’s oil works.

The MEND eyes a bigger share in the country’s energy sales income and has vowed to continue abductions and attacks on foreign energy companies in a bid to attain leverage in possible future interactions with the government.

Attacks on oil facilities have crippled Nigeria’s oil production capacities in recent months, lowering the country’s fossil fuel output by 500,000 barrels per day (bpd).

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The Nigeria Police Force has begun a manhunt for the leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike and Chief Innocent Ogbuawa over allegations of their involvement in serial kidnappings in the South-East.


The MASSOB leader had on Tuesday in his Okwe country home in Imo State announced September 13 this year as the date for the launch of the international passport for the United States of Biafra.

This came as the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mike Okiro yesterday in Abuja paraded one Mr. Innocent Orji alias “B Stone General”, who claimed that the MASSOB leader and an industrialist, Chief Ogbuawa provided them with funds and had their blessings to kidnap prominent people in order to raise funds for their operations.

Orji told journalists that “I am making this self confession because my conscience has judged me. I am not worthy to live again on this earth. I have offended God and man and this country but I want government to temper justice with mercy”.

According to him, it was Chief Uwazuruike who allegedly appointed and made him the commander of a militant group in MASSOB who have been charged with the responsibility to prepare for a “military parade” for the burial of some MASSOB members who fell by police bullets during the mounting of the “Biafran” flag at Okwe in Imo State.

He said that it was while on this assignment in which one serving soldier whose name was given as Chukwuebuka Ike-Nwachukwu trained them in military parade and tactics, that they kidnapped Chief Ogbuawa, who gave them names and particulars of several prominent Nnewi citizens who should be kidnapped so that they could make money for their upkeep.

“Our men had collected one million naira as assistance from Chief Ogbuawa but when we discovered that what he gave was not N400,000.00, which was what Ejiofor, our Chief of Operations handed over to us, we decided to kidnap Chief Ogbuawa to seek clarifications.

“After we arrested him and he (Ogbuawa) confirmed he gave us one million naira, we told him we shall not release him until he had given us N200 million but he promised to give us N20 million.

“In addition, he gave us the names and particulars of several prominent Nnewi citizens and said we should arrest them. Among those he gave us their names are Innnoson Group, Cutix Cables and Capital Oil. He said if we arrest them, they will give us huge sums of money.

“After we concluded arrangements for their kidnap, we first swooped on Innoson but unfortunately, he was not there. So, we took away two Chinese working for him and his manager, who is popularly called “Isi Ocha”. For this, we got N10 million from him, though we refused to release the two Chinese.

“It was just this year that the police and the military discovered our hideout in Ekoli Edda in Afikpo South local government area of Ebonyi state, raided us and while we ran into the jungle to evade their arrest, one of the Chinese, Feng Shenyi died of cold. The other one was rescued by the police and the military after a brief but hot gun duel.