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BREAKFAST NEWS 14-09-2021

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Lagos lawmaker insists on implementation of vat depite court order.
Group condemns hike in pms price by fuel marketers in imo.
Gunmen kill 13 in kaduna, abducts many in taraba.

Lagos/vat

Lagos state government will go ahead with the implementation of its recently assented value added tax, vat law despite a stay of execution by the appeal court in abuja.

A member of the lagos state house of assembly, setonji david stated this while featuring on a television programme.

It would be recalled that following rivers state which signed its vat bill into law last month, governor babajide sanwo-olu, on september 10 signed the state vat bill into law a day after it was passed by the lagos state house of assembly.

Meanwhile, on the same day, lagos was asked to be joined as a respondent alongside rivers state in the appeal filed by the federal inland revenue service challenging the judgment of the federal high court, port harcourt which ruled that rivers should commence vat collection.

However reacting, the lawmaker, who represents badagry ii constituency, said in lagos state, they had always clamoured for true federalism, adding that it is consumption tax from the people of lagos and it should be domiciled in lagos as well used for the people of the state.

Coas/insecurity

The chief of army staff, lt. Gen. Faruk yahaya has directed formation commanders and principal staff officers to ensure the tempo of all their operations across the country is sustained and maintained.

Yahaya who gave the directive at the chief of army staff combined second and third quarter conference 2021 in abuja maintained that army under his watch remains determined to restore peace to the nation, adding that the commander and principal officers were central to ensuring the successes in its operations.

The coas who further insisted that they must devise initiatives that would enable the army to curtail insecurity at their commands, therefore charged the formation commanders and principal staff officer to immediately key into his command philosophy to ensure that operational and administrative proficiencies of nigerian army units and formations are sustained and improved in order to take the nigerian army to greater heights.

Imo/ipman

A group, the global association of concerned imo youths, gaciy has cautioned the members of the independent petroleum marketers association, ipman in imo state to stop exploiting residents while claiming to be fighting the government.

In a statement signed by its director of contacts and mobilization, kizito duru, the group condemned what it described as gross wickedness and insensitivity on the part of oil marketers who are selling the false narrative of fighting the government when they are actually enriching themselves by criminally selling above the stipulated price of fuel as announced by the federal government.

The group which questioned the rationale behind the hoarding of fuel which had led to a hike in the price of premium motor spirit, petrol in the state in the last two weeks, therefore called on nigerian national petroleum corporation, nnpc, department of petroleum resources, dpr and other petroleum products regulatory agencies to immediately enforce sanity and sanction all those dealers perpetrating irregularities, hoarding and profiteering petrol products.

Kogi/jail break

No fewer than 240 inmates have escaped the medium custodial centre in kabba, kogi state, following an attack by yet to be identified gunmen.

The nigerian correctional service, ncs, spokesman, francis enobore made the confirmation in a communique, stating that the attack took place on september 12.

Enobore who further disclosed that ncs comproller general, haliru nababa had ordered a recapture procedure to be activated immediately and detailed investigation carried out even as he led a team to assess the situation, appealed to the general public to furnish security operatives with useful information that would assist in recapturing the escapees.

It would be recalled that the latest jail break comes few months after gunmen attacked the nigerian correctional service and the police headquarters in imo state, freeing 1,844 inmates, while the hoodlums also set the facilities ablaze.

Ipob/sit-at-home

The indigenous people of biafra, ipob has stated that the sit-at-home order issued by the ipob leadership to be observed today, september 14, 2021, is sacrosanct.

Ipob’s spokesman, emma powerful made this known, saying the peaceful protest was meant for the remembrance of the victims of the genocidal invasion of ipob leader, nnamdi kanu’s compound at afaraukwu ibeku umuahia on september 14, 2017.

Powerful further advised all biafrans, to stay indoors today, as a mark of honour to their fallen heroes and heroines, adding that nothing was too much to honour them, considering their impact in the fight for biafra freedom

It would be recalled military operatives had invaded afaraukwu in abia state in an attempt to arrest kanu on september 14, 2017, killing no fewer than 28 innocent biafrans.

Imo/ipob

The social demoratic party candidate, sdp in the 2019 imo state governorship election, dr. Collins osuagwu has critcised south-east leaders on their silence over the continued detention of the leader of the indigenous peoples of biafra, ipob, nnamdi kanu.

Osuagwu, in a telephone conversation with newsmen, stated that the failure to speak up on the matter portrays ndigbo as lacking the courage to defend their own, stressing that instead of the south east leaders to be fighting for their own, they were busy selling off everything to get another political appointment.

While pointing out that persons like an islamic cleric, sheikh ahmad gumi had repeatedly canvassed amnesty for bandits who he described as aggrieved against the society and the yorubas have continued to rally round support for their own agitator, sunday adeyemo, the 2019 imo state governorship candidate noted that it is high time illustrious sons and daughters of the region be their brothers’ keepers and continue praying for the ipob leader.

Taraba/abduction

One person has been killed by gunmen suspected to be bandits and many abducted after attacking a border community between taraba and benue states.

Confirming the incident to newsmen via a telephone conversation, the chairman of takum council, shiban tikari said the gunmen who stormed a border community in benue state forced residents to flee to koffai ahmadu in takum local government area for safety.

While describing the incident as an act of cowardice, tikari however stressed that efforts are in top gear to cater for the displaced and return them to their ancestral homes as security had been beefed up in the neighbouring communities to avert escalation.

Kaduna/attack

In another related development

Some gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have invaded apiye jim village in the atyap chiefdom of zango-kataf local government area of kaduna state, killing 12 persons.

The spokesperson of the southern kaduna peoples union, sokapu, luka binniyat who confirmed the attack to newsmen, explained that the latest attack happened on september 13 evening during a downpour, adding that the gunmen killed another man in atakshusho village making 13 deaths about 3 km from the initial scene of crime as they were retreating to make an escape.

According to him, the attackers came in large numbers and perpetrated the act in a jiffy and immediately escaped from the village while no one had been apprehended.

The latest attack was coming in less than 24 hours after the murder of a church pastor, rev. Silas ali, in the same area on september 11 as the cleric was said to have been hacked to death by his assailants.