Abakar Ali who also goes by name
"Mustapher Umar" was caught with 5 machine guns, 14 rifles, 24 rockets, 4
rocket launchers, 6 Kalashnikovs, 60 Kalashnikovs magazines, 4
automatic pistols , over 500 9mm ammunition, 469 12.7mm ammunition,
4,454 7.62 mm ammunition, 1,491 5.56 mm ammunition, 822 ammunition of
7.62 mm, 6 grenades, 28 rocket launcher chargers and other weaponized
accesories like pincers, tweezers and knives.
A mid-level Nigerian military officer, who is serving with a
multi-national force that operates around the Nigeria-Cameroon border,
revealed the information to SaharaReporters via telephone. He disclosed
that Cameroonian soldiers nabbed Mr. Ali along with two other Boko Haram
fighters in Kousseri, a town in northern Cameroon.
Our source
described Mr. Ali as the insurgent commander who has been leading the
Islamist sect’s attacks around the border towns between Nigeria and
Cameroon. He added that the arrested insurgent shuttled between various
Boko Haram camps in the area and organized deadly attacks that targeted
mostly civilians.
The Nigerian officer stated that the
Cameroonian military was expected to share intelligence with their
Nigerian counterparts regarding any confessions made by the captured
terrorist during interrogation. He added that Nigerian security agencies
are likely to learn more about Mr. Ali’s linkages with others in Boko
Haram’s cells in Nigeria's northeast area.
Lagos
State Government yesterday constituted a Coroner Inquest to unravel the
cause of the incident that led to the collapsed building within the
premises of the Synagogue Church of All Nations at Ikotun Egbe, Lagos
and the several deaths that followed.
The state Attorney-General
and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Ade Ipaye who constituted the Coroner
court in line with the provisions of the Lagos State Coroner’s System
Law No. 7 of 2007, noted it will investigate the cause and circumstances
of deaths and bring his findings and recommendations to the appropriate
authorities. The Coroner court is expected to commence sitting from
next week at the premise of the Ikeja High Court.
The government
of the South Africa which lost several of her citizens as well as
Lagosians, have been mounting pressures on the government to constitute
an inquiry into the cause of the incident, to establish a claim by the
founder of the church, Prophet T. B. Joshua that the structure was a
target of terrorism.
Section 15 of the Coroner Law provides that a
Coroner “shall hold an inquest whenever he is informed that the death
of a deceased person lying within his Coroner District was as a result
of a violent, unnatural or suspicious occurrence.”
In a statement
by the Public Relation Officer of the Ministry of Justice, Mrs. Bola
Akingbade, quoting the Attorney General, said, “In doing this, he
(Coroner) has all the powers of a magistrate to summon and compel the
attendance of witnesses, including medical examiners, and require them
to give evidence, produce documents or present other relevant
materials.”
Ipaye said further, “The Law requires the verdict of a
Coroner as certified in writing to be forwarded to the State Attorney
General and such verdict may form the basis of criminal prosecutions
depending on the evidence collected.
“The Coroner in this case is
Magistrate O. A. Komolafe, who also sat as Coroner in the Dana Air Crash
case. He is expected to announce his sitting/visitation schedules and
other details and to hold the inquest at the premises of the High Court
of Lagos State, Oba Akinjobi Way, Ikeja.” Ipaye noted.
Synagogue: We were never served contravention notice — Church
The synagogue
Church of all Nations has refuted newspaper reports that it ignored
contravention notice served on it by the Lagos State Building Control
Agency ( LSBCA) over the collapse of one of the church’ s guest houses.
According
to the church, it neither received a contravention notice nor was the
building in question ever sealed off before the unfortunate incident,
adding that at no time was any stop work notice or directive served on
the church or pasted on the building prior to the September 12,2014
incident.
The church said the only form of communication with the LSBCA occurred days after the incident.
According to the church, “ the letters that were written to the church were written after the collapse in the following order:
A
letter dated September 16, 2014 with Ref No. LASBCA/AL/PCA/DH/01
requesting for the submission of a development permit and approval of
structures within the church complex, four days after the building
collapsed. – a Contravention notice dated September 17, 2014 Ref No.
AL/LASBCA/DH/PCA/CN 06 alleging certain contraventions, five days after
the building collapsed. – another Letter dated September 17, 2014 with
Ref No. AL/LASBCA/DH/PCA/CN 06 requesting for non-destructive tests for
structural stability, five days after the building collapsed”. The
church further noted that no sealing or quit notice has been served as
the building never called for such.
“In the above circumstances,
we would like to believe that LSBCA had been quoted out of context with
the motive of destroying the ongoing investigation into the case as well
as casting doubt on the position of the church that the collapse was
due to an attack”.
As Lagos begins identification of recovered bodies
To
ensure proper forensic identification including DNA analysis of the
bodies recovered from the site of the collapsed building inside the
premises of the Synagogue of All Nations, SCOAN, Lagos State Government
yesterday commenced the identification of recovered bodies by calling
on family members and all Nationals who believe their relations could
have been trapped in the collapsed building to come forward and submit
samples that can aid forensic identification and DNA analysis of the
bodies.
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris who
spoke in his office stated that the State government has considered it
necessary to start forensic identification and DNA analysis of the
recovered bodies in view of the need to identify each of them.
Idris
further appealed to family members especially parents, children and
siblings of Nationals who believe their relations could have been in the
collapsed building to visit the Department of Forensic Medicine at the
Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, Ikeja from yesterday,
Friday 26th September, 2014 to submit samples.
The Commissioner
explained that those eligible to give samples for the forensic
identification and DNA analysis in order of preference include; parents,
children and siblings of the deceased.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/synagogue-church-lagos-constitutes-coroner-court/#sthash.Ly9Fvlpo.dpuf
Lagos
State Government yesterday constituted a Coroner Inquest to unravel the
cause of the incident that led to the collapsed building within the
premises of the Synagogue Church of All Nations at Ikotun Egbe, Lagos
and the several deaths that followed.
The state Attorney-General
and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Ade Ipaye who constituted the Coroner
court in line with the provisions of the Lagos State Coroner’s System
Law No. 7 of 2007, noted it will investigate the cause and circumstances
of deaths and bring his findings and recommendations to the appropriate
authorities. The Coroner court is expected to commence sitting from
next week at the premise of the Ikeja High Court.
The government
of the South Africa which lost several of her citizens as well as
Lagosians, have been mounting pressures on the government to constitute
an inquiry into the cause of the incident, to establish a claim by the
founder of the church, Prophet T. B. Joshua that the structure was a
target of terrorism.
Section 15 of the Coroner Law provides that a
Coroner “shall hold an inquest whenever he is informed that the death
of a deceased person lying within his Coroner District was as a result
of a violent, unnatural or suspicious occurrence.”
In a statement
by the Public Relation Officer of the Ministry of Justice, Mrs. Bola
Akingbade, quoting the Attorney General, said, “In doing this, he
(Coroner) has all the powers of a magistrate to summon and compel the
attendance of witnesses, including medical examiners, and require them
to give evidence, produce documents or present other relevant
materials.”
Ipaye said further, “The Law requires the verdict of a
Coroner as certified in writing to be forwarded to the State Attorney
General and such verdict may form the basis of criminal prosecutions
depending on the evidence collected.
“The Coroner in this case is
Magistrate O. A. Komolafe, who also sat as Coroner in the Dana Air Crash
case. He is expected to announce his sitting/visitation schedules and
other details and to hold the inquest at the premises of the High Court
of Lagos State, Oba Akinjobi Way, Ikeja.” Ipaye noted.
Synagogue: We were never served contravention notice — Church
The synagogue
Church of all Nations has refuted newspaper reports that it ignored
contravention notice served on it by the Lagos State Building Control
Agency ( LSBCA) over the collapse of one of the church’ s guest houses.
According
to the church, it neither received a contravention notice nor was the
building in question ever sealed off before the unfortunate incident,
adding that at no time was any stop work notice or directive served on
the church or pasted on the building prior to the September 12,2014
incident.
The church said the only form of communication with the LSBCA occurred days after the incident.
According to the church, “ the letters that were written to the church were written after the collapse in the following order:
A
letter dated September 16, 2014 with Ref No. LASBCA/AL/PCA/DH/01
requesting for the submission of a development permit and approval of
structures within the church complex, four days after the building
collapsed. – a Contravention notice dated September 17, 2014 Ref No.
AL/LASBCA/DH/PCA/CN 06 alleging certain contraventions, five days after
the building collapsed. – another Letter dated September 17, 2014 with
Ref No. AL/LASBCA/DH/PCA/CN 06 requesting for non-destructive tests for
structural stability, five days after the building collapsed”. The
church further noted that no sealing or quit notice has been served as
the building never called for such.
“In the above circumstances,
we would like to believe that LSBCA had been quoted out of context with
the motive of destroying the ongoing investigation into the case as well
as casting doubt on the position of the church that the collapse was
due to an attack”.
As Lagos begins identification of recovered bodies
To
ensure proper forensic identification including DNA analysis of the
bodies recovered from the site of the collapsed building inside the
premises of the Synagogue of All Nations, SCOAN, Lagos State Government
yesterday commenced the identification of recovered bodies by calling
on family members and all Nationals who believe their relations could
have been trapped in the collapsed building to come forward and submit
samples that can aid forensic identification and DNA analysis of the
bodies.
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris who
spoke in his office stated that the State government has considered it
necessary to start forensic identification and DNA analysis of the
recovered bodies in view of the need to identify each of them.
Idris
further appealed to family members especially parents, children and
siblings of Nationals who believe their relations could have been in the
collapsed building to visit the Department of Forensic Medicine at the
Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, Ikeja from yesterday,
Friday 26th September, 2014 to submit samples.
The Commissioner
explained that those eligible to give samples for the forensic
identification and DNA analysis in order of preference include; parents,
children and siblings of the deceased.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/synagogue-church-lagos-constitutes-coroner-court/#sthash.Ly9Fvlpo.dpuf
Lagos
State Government yesterday constituted a Coroner Inquest to unravel the
cause of the incident that led to the collapsed building within the
premises of the Synagogue Church of All Nations at Ikotun Egbe, Lagos
and the several deaths that followed.
The state Attorney-General
and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Ade Ipaye who constituted the Coroner
court in line with the provisions of the Lagos State Coroner’s System
Law No. 7 of 2007, noted it will investigate the cause and circumstances
of deaths and bring his findings and recommendations to the appropriate
authorities. The Coroner court is expected to commence sitting from
next week at the premise of the Ikeja High Court.
The government
of the South Africa which lost several of her citizens as well as
Lagosians, have been mounting pressures on the government to constitute
an inquiry into the cause of the incident, to establish a claim by the
founder of the church, Prophet T. B. Joshua that the structure was a
target of terrorism.
Section 15 of the Coroner Law provides that a
Coroner “shall hold an inquest whenever he is informed that the death
of a deceased person lying within his Coroner District was as a result
of a violent, unnatural or suspicious occurrence.”
In a statement
by the Public Relation Officer of the Ministry of Justice, Mrs. Bola
Akingbade, quoting the Attorney General, said, “In doing this, he
(Coroner) has all the powers of a magistrate to summon and compel the
attendance of witnesses, including medical examiners, and require them
to give evidence, produce documents or present other relevant
materials.”
Ipaye said further, “The Law requires the verdict of a
Coroner as certified in writing to be forwarded to the State Attorney
General and such verdict may form the basis of criminal prosecutions
depending on the evidence collected.
“The Coroner in this case is
Magistrate O. A. Komolafe, who also sat as Coroner in the Dana Air Crash
case. He is expected to announce his sitting/visitation schedules and
other details and to hold the inquest at the premises of the High Court
of Lagos State, Oba Akinjobi Way, Ikeja.” Ipaye noted.
Synagogue: We were never served contravention notice — Church
The synagogue
Church of all Nations has refuted newspaper reports that it ignored
contravention notice served on it by the Lagos State Building Control
Agency ( LSBCA) over the collapse of one of the church’ s guest houses.
According
to the church, it neither received a contravention notice nor was the
building in question ever sealed off before the unfortunate incident,
adding that at no time was any stop work notice or directive served on
the church or pasted on the building prior to the September 12,2014
incident.
The church said the only form of communication with the LSBCA occurred days after the incident.
According to the church, “ the letters that were written to the church were written after the collapse in the following order:
A
letter dated September 16, 2014 with Ref No. LASBCA/AL/PCA/DH/01
requesting for the submission of a development permit and approval of
structures within the church complex, four days after the building
collapsed. – a Contravention notice dated September 17, 2014 Ref No.
AL/LASBCA/DH/PCA/CN 06 alleging certain contraventions, five days after
the building collapsed. – another Letter dated September 17, 2014 with
Ref No. AL/LASBCA/DH/PCA/CN 06 requesting for non-destructive tests for
structural stability, five days after the building collapsed”. The
church further noted that no sealing or quit notice has been served as
the building never called for such.
“In the above circumstances,
we would like to believe that LSBCA had been quoted out of context with
the motive of destroying the ongoing investigation into the case as well
as casting doubt on the position of the church that the collapse was
due to an attack”.
As Lagos begins identification of recovered bodies
To
ensure proper forensic identification including DNA analysis of the
bodies recovered from the site of the collapsed building inside the
premises of the Synagogue of All Nations, SCOAN, Lagos State Government
yesterday commenced the identification of recovered bodies by calling
on family members and all Nationals who believe their relations could
have been trapped in the collapsed building to come forward and submit
samples that can aid forensic identification and DNA analysis of the
bodies.
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris who
spoke in his office stated that the State government has considered it
necessary to start forensic identification and DNA analysis of the
recovered bodies in view of the need to identify each of them.
Idris
further appealed to family members especially parents, children and
siblings of Nationals who believe their relations could have been in the
collapsed building to visit the Department of Forensic Medicine at the
Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, Ikeja from yesterday,
Friday 26th September, 2014 to submit samples.
The Commissioner
explained that those eligible to give samples for the forensic
identification and DNA analysis in order of preference include; parents,
children and siblings of the deceased.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/synagogue-church-lagos-constitutes-coroner-court/#sthash.Ly9Fvlpo.dpuf
