Defence/Security
ICPC fails to see borehole said to have been sunk under constituency project
ICPC inspection team that went to Nangere, Yobe, on Friday to track a borehole that was supposed to have been sunk under lawmaker’s constituency projects found none in existence.
The borehole was purportedly sunk at Sabongari area of Nengere Local Government Area of Yobe.
A correspondent of the our correspondent who accompanied the team reports that there is a hole and a stand for an overhead tank, but there were no other components.
Mr Laban Emmanuel, ICPC Team B leader in the state, listed components of the project contract awarded in 2019 to include overhead tank, filter, motorised borehole, generator, generator house and a tap stand.
He said payment voucher with Reference No. 253C1 showed that the contractor, LRB Global Ventures Ltd., had been paid N69.2 million after tax and administrative deductions for the borehole and four others.
Emanuel said the contractor had been told to return to site and complete the project immediately.
He added that though the contractor had constructed the four units of boreholes, some irregularities were observed.
“A borehole meant for Damshi Village in Fika Local Government Area was constructed in Rafin Bodori in Potiskum.
“The generator sets supplied by the contractor to the borehole sites at Sunshine FM, Potiskum, Garin Gunja, Nangere and Lailai House, Nangere, were 6.5 KV instead of 12.5 KV as contained in the Bill of Quantities.
“We also discovered that community assessment was not carried out before the project was executed,’’ he said.
The team also observed that a 300 KVA/11KV transformer facilitated by Sen. Ibrahim Bomoi (Yobe South) and supplied to the College of Administration, was also missing.
Emmanuel said the handover note showed that the contractor, Giohen Global Concept Nig. Ltd., had actually delivered the transformer to the college.
He said the team was investigating the whereabouts of the transformer and would ensure that it was brought back to the college.
At Jummu’at Village Primary School in Potiskum, the team monitored a model story block of seven classrooms, facilitated by Rep. Ibrahim Umar representing Potiskum and Nangere Federal Constituency in 2019.
Emmanuel observed that the balustrade of the building constructed by 4 Plus Solar Energy Ltd., contained large openings that pupils could easily fall through.
He also said 10 windows of the building were substandard and had already been blown off by wind.
ICPC began the tracking of 118 executive and constituency projects worth N4.5 billion in Yobe on Aug. 31 in the third phase of its tracking exercise.
Armed bandits have abducted 30 people during an attack on Zamfarawa village in Zugu District, Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
Zagazola Makama report that the attack occurred on Oct. 7 at about 2:20 p.m., when a large number of bandits stormed the community, shooting sporadically to scare residents.
The hoodlums were said to have whisked away 30 villagers to an unknown destination.
Following the incident, security forces have intensified efforts to trace and rescue the abducted victims.
The Zamfara State Police Command has confirmed the killing of two armed bandits during an exchange of fire with security operatives in Mada District, Gusau Local Government Area.
According to sources, the operation followed credible intelligence about an imminent bandit attack on villages within the Mada area.
The sources stated that at about 3:10 a.m. on Oct. 7, a joint team of police tactical operatives, community protection guards (CPG), and local hunters were deployed to Fegin Mahe village, where they laid an ambush along the suspected route of the bandits.
Three bandits were said to have approached the location and were immediately engaged in a gun battle by the security team.
Two of the bandits were killed during the encounter, while the third escaped with possible gunshot injuries.
The police said efforts were ongoing to track down and arrest the fleeing suspect.
Three suspected kidnappers have been killed by a mob in Emu Orakwan community, Esan South-East Local Government Area of Edo State.
Sources said that the incident occurred at about 5 p.m. on Oct. 6, when hunters and farmers in the area sighted the suspects at Akabueze camp.
The suspects were said to be among those who allegedly murdered a woman identified as Mrs. Ogbona on Oct. 1.
It was gathered that upon receiving the information, villagers and farmers mobilised and descended on the suspects, inflicting severe injuries on them before the arrival of security operatives.
Army troops accompanied by police personnel, moved swiftly to the scene and met the suspects at the point of death.
They were immediately taken to the General Hospital, where they were confirmed dead.
Their remains have been deposited at Imiuwuguina Mortuary, while investigation into the incident is ongoing.
Again 30 villagers abducted in Zamfara.
2 bandits meet Waterloo in Zamfara ambush.
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