Alfa Kills Friend, Shares Body Parts With Accomplices

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij-OySKtTpWlSH7uHXjWZWqRxbfIjtT4aUsw4GzAKL-ZMCz2DgaimsSPtUidiB0Lz-KkS_ZGmAvR8YlF_R7Log6X8xvNxDj4mrrfnifUJchnFGe3hSaCqgkmHge14XCpUgGcz5ExMyoUbw/s1600/Killer+Alfa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij-OySKtTpWlSH7uHXjWZWqRxbfIjtT4aUsw4GzAKL-ZMCz2DgaimsSPtUidiB0Lz-KkS_ZGmAvR8YlF_R7Log6X8xvNxDj4mrrfnifUJchnFGe3hSaCqgkmHge14XCpUgGcz5ExMyoUbw/s1600/Killer+Alfa.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>An Islamic cleric identified as Alfa Fatai Afobaje, a resident of Oko Agbonla, Magbon in the Badagry area of Lagos State, has been nabbed by the state Police Command for allegedly conspiring with the Chief Security Officer of the area whose name was given as Tanko, and other security men, to kill his close friend, Rafiu Suleman, and sharing the body parts with his partners in crime.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The police confirmed in a statement that after killing his 40-year-old friend, Alfa Afobaje dissected his body into different parts and shared with his five accomplices, ostensibly for ritual purposes.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><a href="http://www.punchng.com/metro-plus/alfa-kills-shares-friends-body-parts/">PUNCH Metro</a></b> reports that it was when family and friends of the Kwara State born Suleman reported to the police about his disappearance that an intensive search led the security operatives to the decomposing remains of the man.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It was gathered that Alfa Afobaje and Suleiman had been friends for a long time, and were like brothers, with the deceased always coming to the suspect's aid whenever he needed money or any other form of assistance.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Apart from the shock discovery of the corpse, the police also found a clay pot which contained the fingers of the deceased with a few naira notes.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The deceased’s brother, Yinusa Wahab, said that the victim’s wife complained about his disappearance and asked him to search Afobaje’s house, adding that the victim was there.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "We went to the house, but he was not around. We searched everywhere and didn’t see my brother.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "Later, we saw a mutilated corpse floating on a stream near the house. It was swollen and there was no head. The breast had been cut off.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "We went back to the house and as we looked around. I saw some fingers in a pot which were still being burnt and when I saw them, I could recognise that they belonged to my brother."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Alfa Afobaje confessed to the crime, saying he divided the body with the other suspects.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "He was on his way to my house when he was killed. When I got there, he had been killed and then we shared his body.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "I urge my accomplices to also confess because the act has been uncovered and there is nothing we can do about it."</div>

Alfa Kills Friend, Shares Body Parts With Accomplices

An Islamic cleric identified as Alfa Fatai Afobaje, a resident of Oko Agbonla, Magbon in the Badagry area of Lagos State, has been nabb...

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Nigerian Air Force Bombs Sambisa Forest, Gwoza

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8K_8PNGmLRqpYDOGKe52S0v8U9jziQU206D1cuwlLtAF2ZcEdOvPUZgJ_Xj_5Qwpp_efr3gmAgnVNEeaN6x7tNpIGIOFySkNq-tJnBmg3KmsQN-jZJPT20V_M-4nzU0CvC5rsGlhsNzql/s1600/Boko-Haram-Bombed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8K_8PNGmLRqpYDOGKe52S0v8U9jziQU206D1cuwlLtAF2ZcEdOvPUZgJ_Xj_5Qwpp_efr3gmAgnVNEeaN6x7tNpIGIOFySkNq-tJnBmg3KmsQN-jZJPT20V_M-4nzU0CvC5rsGlhsNzql/s1600/Boko-Haram-Bombed.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Nigerian Air Force jets yesterday bombarded Sambisa forest hideout of the Boko Haram insurgents as well as Gwoza town, all in Borno State.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The bombardment inflicted heavy casualties on the terrorists, with many of them dislodged.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The bombings have been confirmed by the Defence Headquarters, DHQ.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> DHQ, in a statement issued in Abuja, through the Director of Defence Information, DDI, Maj-Gen. Chris Olukolade, said that the training camps and logistics dumps of the sect, which were primary targets of the operations, were destroyed.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “A concerted air campaign by the Nigerian Air Force is ongoing in furtherance of the mission to clear terrorists from all their enclaves.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “The air strikes, which today (yesterday), targeted the training camps and logistics dumps of the terrorists in Sambisa forests and parts of Gwoza have been highly successful as it achieved the aims with required precision.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “The death of a large number of terrorists has been recorded while many others are also scampering all over the forest and out of the struck bases,” the DHQ said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It said the strikes were continuing in other locations of the theatre heralding the advance of troops and other elements of the mission.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Sambisa forest and Gwoza had remained the two strongholds of the terrorists group.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The insurgents finally took over Gwoza last year and declared its Islamists Caliphate Republic, where they claimed that Sharia was being practised unhindered.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Since that declaration, it has been very difficult for troops to penetrate, but the DHQ has given the hope of its readiness to advance given the air strikes.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In the same vein, the DHQ has indicated that the Sambisa forest, which was virtually very difficult to penetrate, is also ready for final onslaught by troops.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Ina related development, hundreds of Chadian troops who were battling the insurgents to retake Dikwa, also in Borno State since Tuesday, yesterday successfully made headway, killing 117 terrorists with the arrest of the Amir (Commander) of the sect.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Dikwa, the headquarters of old Kanem Bornu Empire, was taken over by Boko Haram some months ago, forcing the first class monarch and thousands of his subjects to take refuge in Maiduguri.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A source stated that the recapture of the town took place at about 7am after Chadian troops cleared Gamboru, Ngala, Kala Balge and several villages off Boko Haram insurgents.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The troops, thereafter, proceeded to Dikwa, which is less than 100 kilometers northeast of Maiduguri, the state capital.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The source added that the raid which comprised of airstrikes with a back up ground troops inflicted severe casualties on the terrorists, which led to the recapture of the town.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The source also revealed that during the encounter, two Chadian soldiers lost their lives, while the Amir (Commander) of the sect was arrested at the palace of the Shehu of Dikwa, which was being used as the headquarters of the insurgents.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “The terrorists had established themselves in Dikwa after taking over all the prominent buildings, including the Shehu’s palace, local government Secretariat as well as the official and private residences of prominent people,” he said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Residents, who escaped from the fighting also confirmed that the terrorists suffered heavy casualties during the encounter.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “Chadian soldiers took over Dikwa from Boko Haram after heavy fighting on Tuesday,” Bababura Diwa, who lives in the town, said by telephone from Fotokol, across the border in northern Cameroun.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Diwa said the Chadians came from Gamboru, which they previously recaptured, with heavy artillery power and overpowered a group of militants at Lomani village, 15 kilometres from Dikwa.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “When they came into Dikwa there was intense fighting but at last they subdued the Boko Haram fighters.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “They killed many of them, including Abu Ashshe, their commander who was notorious for seizing cattle in the area.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “I used the opportunity provided by the presence of the Chadian troops to leave the town. I was afraid to leave when Boko Haram took over for fear of being branded a traitor and killed,” he said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Diwa’s account was backed up by several other residents, who took advantage of the Chadian advance to flee the ancient town, which is near the Sambisa Forest.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Jidda Saleh, another resident, said Chadian troops launched heavy aerial and ground attacks on the Kala-Balge area, particularly on Nduwu village, which he said was a “major Boko Haram stronghold.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “The whole village was bombarded and it is obvious Boko Haram suffered heavy casualties from the aerial attack. Ground troops moved in later,” he added.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “Meleri, which has a huge Boko Haram concentration, was also bombed by Chadian military jets and then taken over by ground troops.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “By the time we left we learnt the Chadian soldiers were on their way to Kushimori village where Boko Haram keep the livestock they seize from people.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “They have kept thousands of livestock there. They sunk boreholes and recruited people to rear the animals for them,” he added.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><a href="http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/air-force-bombs-sambisa-forest-dislodges-bharam/">NATIONAL MIRROR</a></b> reports that Algoni Wal-Amire, another Kala-Balge resident, welcomed the offensive.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “Living under Boko Haram was like living in a minefield. You are always afraid your next step could be your last. I thank God I’m now safe from them,” he said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Meanwhile, President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday in Lagos assured Nigerians of routing the sect as he inaugurated four Nigerian Navy Ships, NNS.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “Let me use this platform to promise my country men and women that we will rout Boko Haram,” Jonathan said at the Naval Dockyard Ltd in Victoria Island venue of the inauguration.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “Our capacity has increased sufficiently and our officers and men are doing wonderfully well in the north and we must conduct our elections as scheduled by INEC.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “I commend the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice-Admiral Usman Jibrin, Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh and other service chiefs, officers and ratings who have made this inauguration possible,” he added.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Jonathan, who said crude oil theft had reduced, noted that he was delighted to witness the inauguration of the four new ships that were added to the Nigerian Navy fleet.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “As the lead maritime security agency, therefore, the NN deserves all the support it needs to effectively carry out its statutory roles.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “The four ships being inaugurated today are part of a total of eight ships that are expected to be commissioned into the NN fleet in 2015,” he said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The president said the inauguration gave him the opportunity to once again reaffirm his confidence in the competence and commitment of the officers and ratings in the Nigerian Navy.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> After inaugurating the ships, Jonathan proceeded into NNS Centenary, alongside senior officers, ministers, Oba of Lagos and some members of the Navy Officers Wives Association for inspection.</div>

Nigerian Air Force Bombs Sambisa Forest, Gwoza

Nigerian Air Force jets yesterday bombarded Sambisa forest hideout of the Boko Haram insurgents as well as Gwoza town, all in Borno Sta...

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