Don’t overspend on military operations, Sanusi warns FG

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  The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Lamido Sanusi, has cautioned the Federal Government against excessive spending on military operations in three states in the North-East, Borno, Adamawa and Yobe, where a state of emergency was declared last week.
  
  Sanusi, while addressing journalists shortly after the end of a two-day Monetary Policy Committee meeting held at the CBN headquarters in Abuja, argued that excessive spending on military operations posed a major risk to the inflation outlook.
  
  Headline inflation increased from 8.6 per cent in March to 9.1 per cent in April, remaining within the target single digit range for the fourth consecutive month in 2013.
  
  The figure, according to the central bank boss, reflects a combination of base effect and the success of tight monetary policy, which have led to a muted growth in the monetary aggregates and exchange rate stability.
  
  He said while the principal risks to the inflation outlook remained fiscal spending and possible pressures on the exchange rate from any attrition to reserves caused by declining revenues as a result of output leakages, there was the need for prudence in monetary policy action.
  
  Sanusi said, “The committee noted with caution the high Gross Domestic Product growth projection in view of the extant risk factors such as widespread insecurity, weak infrastructure and probable flooding from the projected heavy rains in some parts of the country.
  
  “The state of emergency in the North-East and the accompanying military operations in that axis have the potential to adversely affect economic activities generally, including agricultural production and food prices as well as consumer demand.
  
  “In addition, the recent military action in the North-East will result in additional spending. Although the government has announced that there will be no supplementary budget, the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance has already announced that there will be a drawdown on a contingency vote embedded in the 2013 budget to cover emergencies.
  
  “Overall, the committee is of the view that government spending will constitute a major risk to the inflation and exchange rate outlook, thus advising prudence in monetary policy action at this time.”
  
  The CBN governor also said the committee expressed concern over the low level of credit growth to the private sector and traced this to the crowding out effect of high growth in credit to the public sector.
  
  He said, “The committee noted the N1.02tn increase in claims on the government and the N1.11tn drawdown on savings between January and April 2013, and particularly, the monetisation of $1bn in April 2013, being proceeds of the Excess Crude Account.
  
  “The combined effect of new borrowings and reduced savings was an increase in net credit to the central government of over N2tn in the first four months of 2013. The evidence points to an increase in the rate of government expenditure in 2013 when compared with 2012.”
  
  On the country’s external reserves, Sanusi expressed satisfaction with its significant increase to $49.13bn as of May 16, 2013.
  
  This, he noted, represented an increase of $5.3bn or 12.1 per cent above the level of $43.83bn at the end of December 2012.
  
  The reserves level, he added, could finance approximately 13 months of import.
  
  On the Monetary Policy Rate, the governor said the committee left it unchanged at 12 per cent.
  
  It also retained the Cash Reserve Requirement at 12 per cent and Liquidity Ratio at 30 per cent; with the Net Open Position at 1.0 per cent.

Five nabbed for exhuming corpses, selling human parts

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  The Lagos State Police Command has arrested five men for allegedly exhuming corpses and selling their parts for ritual purposes.
  
  According to police authorities, the suspects –, Jamiu Adeleke, Ajibade Rafiu, Fatai Akiwowo, Kazeem Sanni and Agboola Kolawole – had at different times sold human parts in Owode, Ogun State.
  
  The Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command, Ngozi Braide, said Adeleke was arrested by the police and through his confession, were able to apprehend the others.
  
  She said, “On May 15, 2013, Adeleke was arrested by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad while he was trying to sell human hands for N21,000. Upon interrogation, he confessed that he bought the parts from Sanni at the cost of N6,000.
  
  “Police arrested Sanni and he in turn confessed that the eight hands which he sold belonged to his siblings- his two brothers and sisters. He confessed that he went to their graves and cut off their heads. He confessed that he sold the heads for N8,000 each while he sold the hands for N4,000 each.
  
  “Investigations led to the home of an herbalist, Rafiu, who is also the receiver. He uses the human parts for rituals. In his house, police recovered fresh hands which he claimed was meant for jobs for his customers. We also saw a bottle which he said was crushed human skull mixed in fluid. He said it was for power and he uses it to make medicine for people.”
  
  Braide said investigations showed that prior to his arrest, the herbalist had hired some of the suspects to help him get a living human being at the cost of N40,000.
  
  Braide added that Adeleke, who is an Islamic scholar, however, died while trying to escape from police custody.
  
  The suspects, who did not deny the allegations, said they never killed anyone but only exhumed corpses from graveyards.
  
  Kolawole said he went into the business because he needed money to pay his children’s school fees.
  
  He said, “I am a farmer and I live in a graveyard in Owo, Ogun State. In December last year, I went to see my friend and begged him to lend me money to pay my children’s fees. He then said if I could help him to get human skulls, he would pay me N8,000 for each.
  
  “He came to my house at night and after he had exhumed two of the corpses in the graveyards, he gave me N16,000.
  
  “In May, 2013, I needed money to purchase examination form for my child and I went to meet him again. He said he would give me N16, 000 for two more skulls, so he exhumed two more corpses.”
  
  A 25-year-old suspect, Sanni, who claimed to be a commercial motorcycle rider, said he had only exhumed two corpses, adding that he ran out of the business when his clients started demanding for a human being.
  
  He said, “Akinowo told me to get two skulls for him and I did. He gave me N6,000 and N8,000. He later told me to get a live human being for him but when I could not find one, they started disturbing me with telephone calls.  I only sold two skulls.”
  
  The herbalist, Rafiu, said he never exhumed any corpse rather, it was the other suspects that were always pestering him to buy body parts.
  
  Rafiu, who claimed to be 28 years, said he did not use the corpses for money rituals but used it in preparing a potion which people drank for protection.
  
  “I never sent anyone to supply me human parts. They always bring the parts to my place and beg me to buy,” he said.
  
  Asked what was in the bottle recovered from him, he said, “The bottle I am holding contains a burnt and crushed human skull and schnapps. Anybody who drinks it will be immune to all forms of attack. I have been doing this for about seven years now but I have never drunk the potion. I am even scared to use it.
  
  “I have a wife and child and it is this job I use in sustaining myself.”
  
  Another suspect, Akinowo, said poverty pushed him into the illegal business. Akinowo, who spoke amid tears, said he was paid N8,000 for each body part.
  
  Akinowo said in his statement that he cut the heads of his late brothers and two sisters buried in private graves in his compound and sold them for N8,000 each.

Insurgents regroup in Adamawa mountains

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  Hundreds of members of the militant Islamic sect, Boko Haram, who are fleeing military attacks in the border communities of Borno State, are regrouping in the mountainous forests of Adamawa State, a top Defence source told The PUNCH on Monday.
  
  The source said that militants, who were dislodged from Sambisa Game Reserve and other camps in Borno, had sought refuge in the Adamawa forests, especially in the Zumo area of Song Local Government Area.
  
  He also said that the sect members had been sighted in the forests of Maiha and Fufore local government areas of the state.
  
  “Most of the Boko Haram members who are running away from the military operations in Borno are moving into Adamawa State. They are regrouping in Zumo area of Song Local Government Area. Some are in Fufore and Maha local government areas. This particular area has a combination of mountains, rocks and bushes that extend to Cameroon,” he said.
  
  Our correspondents learnt that the sect members mingled with civilians when they were escaping from Borno to Adamawa State.
  
  Adamawa has a complex topography comprising mountains, rocks and thick forests that extend into the nation’s border with Cameroon.
  
  It is a mountainous land crossed by the large river valleys – Benue, Gongola and Yedsarem. The valleys of Cameroon, Mandara and Adamawa mountains form part of the landscape.
  
  The source, who spoke with The PUNCH, on condition that he would not be named, said that the focus of the Defence authorities that are coordinating the fight against the militants would change in the next few days from Northern Borno to Adamawa State.
  
  He further stated that the influx of suspected insurgents into Adamawa explained the decision of the Defence Headquarters to deploy additional 1,000 troops in the state in preparation for a similar military operation in the area.
  
  The source said, “This might be the reason behind the decision of the Defence Headquarters to deploy additional 1,000 soldiers in the state.
  
  “The attention of the Defence authorities and the Special Forces deployed to flush out suspected Islamic militants in the North- Eastern part of the country may shift from Borno where some of the earliest battles have been fought to Adamawa State.”
  
  Meanwhile, the Defence Headquarters on Monday said that 120 terrorists were arrested in Maiduguri, capital of Borno State, during the burial of a commander of the insurgents.
  
  The military spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja, said the sect commander died during an encounter with the Special Task Forces.
  
  “In Maiduguri, about 120 terrorists were arrested as they organised the burial of one of their commanders who died in an encounter with the Special Forces the previous day. The arrested insurgents are in custody of the Joint Task Force where they are being interrogated,” Olukolade said.
  
  He said the Special Forces had secured the environs of New Marte, Hausari, Krenoa, Wulgo and ChikunNgulalo in Borno State after destroying all the terrorists’ camps in the areas.
  
  He said, “The troops are already interacting with locals and citizens, assuring them of their safety and freedom from the activities of insurgents.
  
  “Terrorists fleeing towards Chad and Niger Republic are being contained as they have had encounters with Multi-National Joint Task Force in various locations towards the border.
  
  “Advancing troops also observed a few shallow graves believed to be those of hurriedly buried members of the terrorist group.”
  
  Olukolade also said that Defence Headquarters had observed the use of photographs purportedly taken in the areas covered by the operations.
  
  The defence spokesman said the photographs were questionable as they did not reflect any related reality of the social or geographical environment.
  
  He added, “This also makes the story they claim to depict of Nigerians fleeing to Niger Republic and other countries doubtful. The media are advised to always strive to associate stories with accurate pictures in order to avoid misleading the public.”
  
  Also on Monday, the Defence Headquarters assured civilians of cordial relationship in its ongoing war against terrorism.
  
  Chief of Defence Staff, Admiral Ola Sa’ad Ibrahim, assured civilians of cordial relationship during a three-day seminar organised in conjunction with the United States.
  
  The seminar was meant to compose a strategy for strengthening civil-military relations and counter-terror strategy.
  
  On his part, the Director of Civil-Military Relations, Maj.-Gen. Mohammed Ibrahim, said, “There were a lot of misconceptions on military operations. We are going to clear the misconceptions and assure people that the military is theirs and working to protect them.”
  
  At the Monday ceremony, the Director General of National Orientation Agency, Mike Omeri, said that recent events in the country showed the need for increasing civil-military relations in combating threats to the country’s territorial integrity.
  
  “As profound and skilful as our military intelligence is, it could be greatly impaired if the civilian populace do not cooperate with it,” he said.
  
  Omeri also urged the directorate of civil-military relations to set up a centre for proactive management of information specific to Joint Task Force operations around the country.

JTF considers consultation to curb oil theft

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  Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta, codenamed Operation Pulo Shield, is considering persuasion and sensitisation as non-combatant strategies to tackle oil theft.
  
  The new strategy, our correspondent gathered, would not affect the outfit’s military operations against pipeline vandalism and illegal refineries.
  
  However, it will enable traditional rulers, chiefs, women and youth organisations in various communities to be involved in fighting economic saboteurs in the region.
  
  The Media Coordinator, JTF, Lt. Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, told our correspondent in Yenagoa that the 146 Battalion, Sector 2, of the outfit experimented on the strategy in Okpomakiri, Gokana Local Government of Rivers State.
  
  He said, “JTF has carried out a sensitisation visit to the community where its officials admonished the elders on the dangers inherent in youths engaging in pipeline vandalism.
  
  “The JTF solicited the support of the elders of the community in curbing the menace and urged them to caution their youths to desist from any act of illegality.”
  
  Despite the appeals, he said JTF’s troops from the sector raided the Cawthorne Channel and Bodo West creeks in Okpomakiri, K-Dere and B-Dere, destroying 16 illegal refineries.
  
  He added, “The outfit also scuttled an attempt to smuggle 15 wooden boats conveying about 26, 000 litres of stolen crude oil.”
  
  He said JTF also impounded a self-propelled barge, 18 open boats, 133 plastic surface tanks and 28 pumping machines involved in crude oil theft in the region.
  
  The interception of the barge, he said, was by the Maritime Component troops of the JTF deployed in Forward Operations Base, Burutu in Delta State.
  
  He said the barge was laden with stolen petroleum product.
  
  He said, “Preliminary investigations are still being conducted to ascertain the quantity of product in the barge and its degree of culpability.
  
  “Three of the illegal oil distillation camps which had 138 plastic tanks of 7,500 litre-capacity each, 23 steel surface tanks, 16 pumping machines, two generators and one welding machine were found out by patrol operatives of 3 Battalion, Sector 1 at Otumara, Obe/Jesse communities of Delta State.
  
  “Three other camps used for illegal distillation of crude oil were also scuttled in Gbelebu in Ovia South West Local Government of Edo State.”

Ogun locks out latecomers

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  Ogun State Government on Monday, at its Oke Mosan secretariat, locked out civil servants, who came late to work.
  
  The two gates, leading to the complex, were locked at 8am, a development which caught many latecomers unaware.
  
  Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Taiwo Adeoluwa, who frowned on workers reporting for duty late,  warned that government would no longer condone their nonchalant attitude to work.
  
  He noted that the civil service rules and regulation on punctuality were unambiguous, urging workers to adhere strictly to them to avoid sanctions.
  
  He said, “This action is a routine exercise to ensure that civil servants know the essence of punctuality and imbibe it as a virtue and not aimed at frustrating or scaring anybody.
  
  “If Governor  Ibikunle Amosun could make it to the office before 7.30am, there can be no excuse for anyone who comes late to work.”
  
  The state Head of Service, Mrs. Modupe Adekunle, said all the latecomers would be queried in line with civil service rules.
  
  Noting that the exercise would be a routine one, she said all permanent secretaries and heads of department had been instructed to submit the workers’ attendance registers to her office for necessary actions against those that got to the office late.

Police arrest five suspected kidnappers in Delta

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  Delta State Police Command on Monday arrested five members of a notorious kidnapping syndicate.
  
  In a statement on Monday in Asaba, Commissioner of Police, Ikechukwu Aduba, said “the members of the kidnapping syndicate had been terrorising Warri/Ughelli areas of the state in recent times”.
  
  He said one Prince Maku and Goodluck Igbo Oghre were apprehended after a hot chase by the Special anti-crime patrol, adding that N920,000 neatly packaged in a small handbag was recovered from the suspects.
  
  Aduba explained that the suspects confessed that the N920, 000 was a ransom paid by a kidnap victim. The confessional statements, he explained, led to the arrest of Mr. Timothy Akpofure, Mr. Moses Uba and Mr. Ogutua Nanapore Sunday.
  
  On executing a search warrant in the house and premises of the arrested suspects, two AK 47 riffles and four magazines, each loaded with 35 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, were recovered from them.
  
  Aduba said, “Sequel to the revelation made by the suspects that they belong to a 20-man kidnapping syndicate responsible for some series of kidnapping/armed robbery incidents within Ughelli/Warri areas, part of which was the kidnapping of one Daddy Bakery and that of a woman after the Army checkpoint at Osubi of which the paid ransom was recovered, a team of anti-kidnapping detectives booked and left with the suspects with the intention of effecting the arrest of other members of the gang.
  
  “The team of the detectives however ran into an ambush suspected to be laid by the arrested suspects’ accomplices, and in the gun duel that ensued, the five suspects suffered fatal gunshots.
  
  “The five suspects’ operational bases have been identified and, with the full ascent of the state government, marked for total demolition.”
  
  Meanwhile, the Police commissioner has warned landlords and tenants in Delta State, who allowed their houses to be used as operational bases of kidnappers, to turn a new leaf and report themselves to the Divisional Police Officer within their locality or make distress  call to 08036684974, 08125273010 or 08075390753 for useful information to the command on activities of kidnappers in the state.
  
  According to the CP, remarkable successes were made within the week, adding that three armed robbery suspects — Ossai Azubuike, Kobvana Osmond and Amaechi Chigwe — were also arrested on a tip-off at Umuaji community.
  
  He said, “Items recovered from the suspects included a locally made double barrel pistol. The victim of the armed robbery incident has identified the suspects as investigation continues”.

Shell, community differ over oil spill

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  The Ikarama Community in the Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa has disagreed with the Shell Petroleum Development Company over the cause of the reported oil spills from nearby oil wells.
  
  The spill has contaminated the Taylor Creek in Yenagoa and residents of Biseni/JK4 Road told the News Agency of Nigeria that they disagreed that the spills were caused by oil theft.
  
  Officials of Shell’s Oil Spill Response Unit were seen on Monday recovering crude discharged into the environment near the company’s Well 2 in Biseni Area.
  
  Assistant Secretary, Caretaker Committee of JK4 Edagberi/Betterland Community, Mr. Ambrose Osuolo, told NAN that the people were convinced that some of the spill points were traceable to equipment failure.
  
  Osuolo said, “We noticed the spills on April 30 and Shell came for a joint investigation visit (JIV) on May 3. I represented my community on the JIV, but the investigation was inconclusive due to different views held about the cause of the spill.
  
  “While Shell attributed the cause to sabotage, saying that the pipeline was drilled in, I was not convinced and hence we did not sign the JIV report.
  
  “Although Shell came purposely for this particular spill, we discovered two more spill points within this Well 2 environment on that same day.
  
  “The affected pipeline conveys crude from Well 2 to the nearby Adibawa Flow-station. We reported to the Bayelsa Ministry of Environment so that the ministry could put pressure on Shell to mop up the spill in the environment.”
  
  An SPDC spokesman, Mr. Precious Okolobo, in a statement on May 6 attributed the spill to sabotage of pipeline by oil thieves.
  
  The statement said the preliminary findings indicated that the spill, which was caused by the activities of oil thieves, had contaminated the Taylor Creek.
  
  Okolobo said, “A joint investigation visit (JIV) was executed and the initial reports indicated that the pipeline was sabotaged by a 20 cm long hacksaw cut.
  
  “SPDC is committed to cleaning up all spills from its facilities as fast as possible regardless of cause. Majority of the spills in the Niger Delta are the result of third party interference.’’
  
  The statement said the sabotage included theft of equipment or leaks caused by crude oil thieves who drill into pipelines to steal oil.

FG rules out supplementary budget for military operations

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  Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Monday said the Federal Government had no intention to prepare another supplementary budget to provide funding for military operations in the three states that have been under emergency rule since last week.
  
  The minister, in a statement by her Special Adviser, Communications, Mr. Paul Nwabuikwu, noted that a Contingency Vote had already been built into the 2013 budget to take care of emergencies such as security and the flooding that affected many parts of the country last year.
  
  The statement explained that the minister, while speaking during a conference in her office involving 112 analysts and investment experts from across the world, said the government was taking decisive action to secure communities in the North-East affected by the activities of Boko Haram.
  
  She explained that the intention of the government was to restore security and order that would facilitate return of enable economic activities.  The state of emergency, she further explained, gave security agents the latitude to flush out insurgents from their bases.
  
  The statement said, “Okonjo-Iweala noted that the Presidency is adopting a multi-dimensional approach which includes political dialogue, counter-terrorism tools and economic inclusion to solve the problem. At the same time, government is hoping that the return of peace will create a strong foundation to spur economic growth, particularly through agriculture, the mainstay of the region.
  
  “While security forces do their job, the committee set up by the President on amnesty is expected to continue its work.
  
  “The President is particularly pained that the crisis has affected education as children and teachers are afraid to go to school, which is unacceptable,” she said.
  
  The statement quoted the minister as explaining that the Excess Crude Account had served Nigeria well in managing the price and quantity shocks that had been experienced this year just as it did during the global economic recession of 2008.
  
  “In the first week of June, the government will also launch an effort to improve non-oil sector tax collection,” she said.
  
  She added, “The tax rate will remain unchanged but there will be greater focus on collecting from corporate organisations that are currently not paying taxes.
  
  Asked about her priority for the financial sector, Okonjo-Iweala stated that government was concerned about financial inclusion whereby Small and Medium Enterprises could have access to funds.
  
  “Measures are also in place to encourage more listing in the capital market,” she added.

Reps threaten to arrest bank CEOs - Tax remittance

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  The House of Representatives on Monday threatened to issue a warrant for the arrest of 10 bank chief executive officers, who failed to honour an invitation to attend its investigative hearing in Abuja.The House Committee on Finance, which issued the threat, gave the CEOs till Wednesday (tomorrow) to appear before it or risk being arrested.
  
  The affected banks’ CEOs include those of First City Monument Bank Plc, Skye Bank Plc, Sterling Bank Plc, Keystone Bank Limited, Heritage Bank Limited and Zenith Bank Plc.
  
  Also on the list are the CEOs of Ecobank Plc, City Bank; Stanbic IBTC Plc and Enterprise Bank Limited.
  
  The committee, which is chaired by Mr. Abdulmumini Jibrin, is investigating tax remittances by banks in the country.
  
  Besides paying taxes to government as business concerns, some of the banks also collect taxes on behalf of the Federal Inland Revenue Service.
  
  Last Monday, the FIRS had informed the committee that banks remitted N77bn in taxes between 2006 and 2012.
  
  The acting Chairman of the agency, Mr. Kabir Mashi, who appeared before the committee, said N83bn was the total sum expected from the banks, but only N77bn was remitted.
  
  Mashi, who also said that FIRS audited 23 banks within the period, told the committee that the N83bn target was not met because some banks delayed in remitting funds they collected on behalf of the agency.
  
  Following the development, the committee invited the CEOs of 21 banks that collected tax revenue on behalf of FIRS to ascertain whether they remitted what they collected to government coffers or not.
  
  But 10 of the CEOs shunned the invitation on Monday.
  
  Jibrin said, “The CEOs of these 10 banks, out of the 21 we invited, did not appear. This is a serious national assignment because we are looking at how to plug the leakages in our revenue collection system.
  
  “The CEOs should appear unfailingly on Wednesday or we shall not hesitate to issue a bench warrant for their arrest.”
  
  He added that the investigation was restricted to tax collection and remittances by the banks and not their entire operation.
  
  Jibrin added, “All over the world, banks are under tight scrutiny by the parliament because of their strategic role in the economy, and of course, tax matters are treated with utmost importance.
  
  “As we beam our searchlight on tax remittances by banks, the heavens will not fall.”
  
  Forms were distributed to the representatives of 11 other banks that appeared at the hearing.
  
  They were required to fill in the taxes their financial institutions paid as business concerns and those they collected as agents of the FIRS so as to assist the committee with the investigation.

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