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Maxwell Boko and Mmuso Potsane for Mmusomaxwell
Spring/Summer 2021
Mmusomaxwell is a ready-to-wear womenswear fashion brand based in Johannesburg, South Africa, founded in 2016 by Maxwell Boko and Mmuso Potsane. Boko and Potsane met as contestants on the TV show The Intern, run by designer David Tlale, where they competed to present at South Africa Fashion week. Mmusomaxwell are known for their tailored, minimalist designs, aimed at cosmopolitan working women.
This ensemble is from the Imbokodo collection, released for Spring/Summer 2021. Through this collection Boko and Potsane wanted to critique notions of a woman’s place in society, especially in traditional African cultures. The collection featured 27 pieces in a mixture of bold shapes and colours (mainly yellow, blue, red and black). Many of the designs drew on elements of a man’s suit, with the designers exploring power dressing, and the power suit, as a tool for female empowerment.
Victoria & Albert (Accession number: T.118:1,2-2021)
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Ok, how about 2,5,10,13, and 15 for your boys! Oh and from the questions for your ffxiv ocs one
2.What major allegiances does your character have? Are they with the Scions through and through, or do they have different or additional priorities?
Maxwell: First and foremost Maxwell is a Scion above anything else. They’re his friends and family and being a Scion is his calling. Other major allegiences he has are to his family in Limsa, Cid Garland, the Fortempts household, and the beast tribes he has become close friends to.
T’sia: T’sia’s allegiance originally lay with his family in the T-tribe, the Immortal Flames, Scions, and his friends, but after the events in Uldah his alliegence is with the Fortempt family and not the Immortal Flames.
Kaisei: Kaisei’s major alliegiences lie with his family in Kugane, the Scions, his adventuring partner, and the Twin Adders.
5. What does your character think of the Echo? What was it like when they first experienced it?
Maxwell: When the Echo surfaced he was incredibly unnerved by it and thought it was a painful hindrance, but over time and with Minfilia’s guidance,he considers it a gift that he can use to help others.
T’sia:Was incredibly confused by it at first until he gained a greater understanding of it with Minfilia. Now he just accepts it as a normal part of his life.
Kaisei: The concept of seers and other people with prophetic visions wasn’t unknown to him, but he never thought he was one himself. Wishes it was less painful, but otherwise takes it with stride.
10.How has your character handled major losses?
Maxwell: He supresses and internalizes it in a really unhealthy way until breakdown like his time as Dark Knight.
T’sia: T’sia is usually social but he’ll become more withdrawn form his friends and not mention what is bothering him unless someone pries it out of him.
Kaisei: Throws himself into his duty instead of having to think about it.
13. Does your character have any pets?
Maxwell: Waaaay too many. Though particular pets of note are his partner in crime Nugsy the chocobo, the black chocobo given to him by Haurchefant named Cocoa, Thancred’s nutkin (that he looked after for Thancred while he was unconscious and now claims as his too since they became a couple), and the baby Amaro he named Seto II in honor of Ardbert’s Amaro.
T’sia: He owns a baby couerl kitten named Princess that imprinted on him, and a paissa brat named Pippy that he rescued from a black market in Uldah. He also has a company chocobo named Boko.
Kaisei: Has a baby lamb named Kebab that was given to him by an old farmer friend as a gift when he left to become an Adventurer. Also, he has a chocobo named (Emergency) Rations, and a large albino karakul named Buuz(that he receives as a gift from the Mol tribe in the future).
15. What is the most important item in your character’s possession?
Maxwell: The locket Haurchefant gave him as a engagement gift and the knife Minfilia gave him that was a gift to her from Lousioux.
T’sia: His most important possession is the bracelet his younger sister gave him as a gift before he left his tribe to become an Adventurer.
Kaisei: His most prized possession is the choker his Adventurer partner Allie gave him when he was still a green adventurer, his restored Gae Bolg symbolizing his status as an Azure Dragoon, and his pet lamb Kebab.
Thanks so much for asking!♡〜٩( ˃́▿˂̀ )۶〜♡
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The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevdeo - In Harlem, NY, Dominican-American Xiomara Batista who dubs herself The Poet X, clashes with her strict, Catholic mother and runs up against her own self-doubt as she explores her doubts about religion, her fears of dating, and her budding talent for slam poetry.
Pride by Ibi Zoboi - 17-year-old Haitian-Domitian-American Zuri Benitez deals with gentrification in her Brooklyn Bushwick neighborhood and her own bias against Darius Darcy and his rich family in this Pride and Prejudice remix.
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang - Prince Sebastian has a secret: at night he puts on daring dresses and takes Paris by storm as the fabulous Lady Crystallia. Sebastian’s secret weapon (and best friend) is the brilliant dressmaker Frances. But Frances dreams of greatness, and being someone’s secret weapon means being a secret. Forever. How long can Frances defer her dreams to protect a friend?
Reflection: A Twisted Fable by Elizabeth Lim - What if Mulan had to travel to the Underworld? When Captain Shang is mortally wounded by Shan Yu in battle, Mulan must travel to the Underworld, Diyu, in order to save him from certain death. Will Mulan be able to save Shang before it's too late? Will he ever be able to trust her again? Or will she lose him--and be lost in the Underworld--forever?
The Resolutions by Mia Garcia - From hiking trips, to four-person birthday parties, to never-ending group texts, Jess, Lee, Ryan, and Nora have always been inseparable—and unstoppable. But now, with senior year on the horizon, they’ve been splintering off and growing apart. And so, Jess makes a plan and adds a new twist: instead of making their own resolutions, the four friends assign them for each other—dares like kiss someone you know is wrong for you, show your paintings, learn Spanish, say yes to everything.
Restore Me (Shatter Me #4) by Tahereh Mafi - Juliette Ferrars thought she'd won. She took over Sector 45, was named the new Supreme Commander, and now has Warner by her side. But she's still the girl with the ability to kill with a single touch. When tragedy hits, who will she become?
Run, Riot by Nikesh Shukla - When teenagers Hari and Jamal film an unarmed youth from their estate being beaten by police, they find themselves hunted. But as they go on the run with Hari's twin sister, Taran, and Jamal's girlfriend, Anna, the four friends discover that the truth behind the shooting goes deeper.
Running with Lions by Julian Winters - A multiethnic group of Midwestern teenage boys contend with soccer and sexual identity.
The Season of Rebels and Roses by Virginia Sanchez-Korrol - Ranging from Puerto Rico to Cuba and the United States, this engaging novel set in the late 1880s, follows historical figures that were instrumental in the fight for self-determination in Puerto Rico.
Secrets of the Casa Rosada by Alex Temblador - 16-year-old Mexican-American Martha has to adjust to a new life with her maternal grandmother, a respected curanderaor healer in Laredo, Texas, after her reliably unreliable mother dumps her at the pink house filled with tokens of her mom's childhood that might, maybe, explain why she abandoned Martha, leaving her with a family she never knew existed.
The Secret Science of Magic by Melissa Keil - A quirky high school romance unfolds in the alternating voices of math whiz Sophia and aspiring magician Joshua. In life and love, timing is everything.
Shadow of the Fox by Julie Kagawa - Demons have burned the temple Yumeko was raised in to the ground, killing everyone within, including the master who trained her to both use and hide her kitsune shapeshifting powers. Yumeko escapes with the temple’s greatest treasure—one part of the ancient scroll. Fate thrusts her into the path of a mysterious samurai, Kage Tatsumi of the Shadow Clan. Yumeko knows he seeks what she has...and is under orders to kill anything and anyone who stands between him and the scroll.
Shadowsong (Wintersong #2) by S. Jae-Jones - Liesl is working toward furthering both her brother’s and her own musical careers. But when troubling signs arise that the barrier between worlds is crumbling, Liesl must return to the Underground to unravel the mystery of life, death, and the Goblin King—who he was, who he is, and who he will be.
Smoke in the Sun (A Flame in the Mist #2) by Renee Ahdieh - After Okami is captured in the Jukai forest, Mariko has no choice—to rescue him, she tricks her brother, Kenshin, and betrothed, Raiden, into thinking she was being held by the Black Clan against her will. But each secret Mariko unfurls gives way to the next, ensnaring her and Okami in a political scheme that threatens their honor, their love and very the safety of the empire.
Snow in Love: Four Stories by Aimee Friedman, Melissa de la Cruz, Nic Stone & Kasie West - Curl up in front of a crackling fire. Grab a mug of hot cocoa. And delve into this deliciously cozy and compelling YA collection of wintry love stories.
Someone to Love by Melissa de la Cruz - High school junior Olivia Blakely struggles with disordered eating and a life in the spotlight as her father’s political career starts to rise.
Sorry Not Sorry by Jamie Reed - Janelle and Alyssa used to be BFFs -- but not anymore. But, suddenly, Alyssa's diabetes becomes the talk of the school. It's turned life-threatening; without a kidney transplant, her chances are not good. Despite reservations, Janelle gets tested and finds that she's a rare, perfect match with Alyssa for a transplant. But organ donations aren't very common in her community, and she starts to feel pushback. When feuds and accusations push the girls further apart, Janelle doesn't know what to do. Will the match bring the girls back together, or drive them apart for good?
A Spark of White Fire by Sangu Mandanna - In a universe of capricious gods, dark moons, and kingdoms built on the backs of spaceships, a cursed queen sends her infant daughter away, a jealous uncle steals the throne of Kali from his nephew, and an exiled prince vows to take his crown back. Raised alone and far away from her home on Kali, Esmae longs to return to her family. When the King of Wychstar offers to gift the unbeatable, sentient warship Titania to a warrior that can win his competition, she sees her way home: she’ll enter the competition, reveal her true identity to the world, and help her famous brother win back the crown of Kali.
Star-Touched Stories by Roshani Choski - Three lush and adventurous stories in the Star-Touched world.
Star-Crossed by Pintip Dunn - Princess Vela is tasked with choosing a boy fit to die for the king, which is impossible enough. But then Carr, the boy she's loved all her life, emerges as the best candidate in the Bittersweet Trials. Refusing to accept losing the boy she loves, Vela bends the rules and cheats. But when someone begins to sabotage the Trials, Vela must reevaluate her own integrity—and learn the true sacrifice of becoming a ruler.
The Storyteller (Sea of Ink and Gold #3) by Traci Chee - Sefia is determined to keep Archer out of the Guard's clutches and their plans for war between the Five Kingdoms. As Sefia and Archer watch Kelanna start to crumble to the Guard's will, they will have to choose between their love and joining a war that just might tear them apart.
This is Kind of an Epic Love Story by Kacen Callender - Nathan Bird doesn’t believe in happy endings. But his friend Florence, is set on making sure Nate finds someone else. And in a rom-com-worthy twist, someone does come along: Oliver James Hernández, his childhood best friend. After a painful mix-up when they were little, Nate finally has the chance to tell Ollie the truth about his feelings. But can Nate find the courage to pursue his own happily ever after?
Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn Bowman - Music helps a Washington state teenager Rumi Seto overcome guilt and grief after the death of her beloved younger sister, Lea.
This is What It Feels Like by Rebecca Barrow - It used to be the three of them, Dia, Jules, and Hanna, messing around and making music and planning for the future. But like the lyrics of a song you used to play on repeat, there’s no forgetting a best friend. And for Dia, Jules, and Hanna, this impossible challenge — to ignore the past, in order to jumpstart the future — will only become possible if they finally make peace with the girls they once were, and the girls they are finally letting themselves be.
Thunderhead (Scythe #2) by Neal Shusterman - Rowan and Citra take opposite stances on the morality of the Scythedom, putting them at odds.
Tiffany Sly Lives Here Now by Dana L. Davis - At 16-years-old, African-American Tiffany Sly suddenly lands on a different planet: Simi Valley, California to live with the biological dad she’s never known. But Tiffany has a secret. Another man claims he’s Tiffany’s real dad—and she only has seven days before he shows up to demand a paternity test and the truth comes out.
Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women and Witchcraft edited by Jessica Spotwood & Tess Sharpe - A short story collection that illustrates the multitudes of girlhood, womanhood, and magic.
Toxic by Lydia Kang - Hana, a secretly created teen girl, abandoned aboard the sentient biological spaceship Cyclo, which is dying, encounters a mercenary boy doomed, Fennec "Fenn" Actias, to perish on the ship for his last job.
Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse - After the Big Water, Maggie Hoskie’s monster-slaying clan powers have woken up. She’s going to need them on a journey culminating in the kind of battle fantasy readers will relish.
Two Dark Reigns (Three Dark Crowns #3) by Kendare Blake - A victorious Katharine sits on the throne, Mirabella and Arsinoe are in hiding, and an unexpected renegade is about to wage a war of her own. The crown has been won, but these queens are far from done.
Tyler Johnson Was Here by Jay Coles - When Marvin's twin brother, Tyler, is found dead by police violence, Marvin falls deep into grief. But with the help of friends and family he finds the strength to confront what happened and fight the forces that took his brother's life.
Umbertouched (Rosemarked #2) by Livia Blackburne - As Shidadi and Dara alike prepare for war, Zivah and Dineas grapple with the toll of their time in the capital. Time is running out for all of them, but especially Zivah whose plague symptoms surface once again. Now, she must decide how she’ll define the life she has left.
Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson - When Fairmount Academy is rocked by three apparent suicides in the span of a week, it is up to Mexican-American Wiccan Mila Flores to conjure up the truth.
Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens edited by Marieke Nijkamp - A YA Anthology of short stories featuring disabled teens, written by #OwnVoices disabled authors.
A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi - It’s 2002, a year after 9/11. It’s an extremely turbulent time politically, but especially so for someone like Shirin, a 16-year-old Muslim girl who’s tired of being stereotyped. But then she meets Ocean James. He’s the first person in forever who really seems to want to get to know Shirin. It terrifies her—they seem to come from two irreconcilable worlds—and Shirin has had her guard up for so long that she’s not sure she’ll ever be able to let it down.
The Way You Make Me Feel by Maurene Goo - Korean-American Clara Shin lives for pranks and disruption. When she takes one joke too far, her dad sentences her to a summer working on his food truck, alongside her uptight classmate Rose Carver. But maybe Rose isn't so bad. Maybe the boy named Hamlet Wong crushing on her is pretty cute. Still, what if taking this summer seriously means that Clara has to leave her old self behind?
Welcome Home edited by Eric Smith - A collection of adoption-themed fictional short stories, and brings them together in one anthology from a diverse range of celebrated YA authors.
What If It’s Us by Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera - Ben and Arthur meet cute but lose touch, then have a series of near misses and first date re-dos before finally settling into a relationship. But Arthur's impending departure for the summer and both guys' own insecurities threaten to end something new that's only just begun.
Wildcard (Warcross #2) by Marie Lu - Emika Chen barely made it out of the Warcross Championships alive. Determined to put a stop to Hideo's grim plans, Emika and the Phoenix Riders band together, but her sole chance for survival lies with Zero and the Blackcoats, his ruthless crew. Caught in a web of betrayal, with the future of free will at risk, just how far will Emika go to take down Hideo?
Wrong in All the Right Ways by Tiffany Brownlee - Everything in Emma's life has always gone according to her very careful plans. But things take a turn toward the unexpected when she falls in love for the first time with the one person in the world who’s off-limits–her new foster brother, the gorgeous and tormented Dylan McAndrews.
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BREAKING:Indigenous nationalities demand referendum as UN protest starts today
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BREAKING:Indigenous nationalities demand referendum as UN protest starts today
The Chairman of the Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination, Prof. Banji Akintoye, and different pioneers from the South and the Middle Belt are set to lead the 1,000,000 man walk to the United Nations today ( Tuesday).
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The walk, which holds from September 14 to 24 inverse the UN central command in New York, United States, was booked to concur with the 76th UN General Assembly, what begins today (Tuesday).
Akintoye said in an assertion on Monday by his Communications Manager, Maxwell Adeleye, that the dissent was to draw the consideration of world pioneers to state-supported psychological oppression against individuals of the Middle Belt and southern Nigeria.
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Akintoye, who is an eminent history specialist, said the dissent would likewise show to the world the “destruction being executed by deadly herders for the sake of touching in the South and Middle Belt of Nigeria.”
He said the gathering would request that the “UN should lead submissions for the people groups in the South and the Middle Belt to decide if they actually needed to be essential for Nigeria or needed free countries.”
The NINAS manager said the 1999 Constitution, which he noted was foisted on the Nigerian public, should be disposed of before the overall political decision would be held in 2023.
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Akintoye approached individuals of the South and the Middle Belt living in the US and Canada to come out and join the dissent.
The assertion read to a limited extent, “We need a finish to the ethno-strict killings in Nigeria. We need the public authority of Nigeria to quit financing illegal intimidation against us. What’s going on today in Nigeria is a state-supported psychological warfare.
“The herders you find in the South and the Middle Belt today are unique in relation to the migrant herders we grew up to know. The current ones are imported individuals from ISIS, Al-Qaeda, ISWAP and Boko Haram psychological militants being taken on the appearance of scoundrels.
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“By the beauty of God, we will be requesting from the world chiefs to announce Miyyeti Allah as a psychological militant gathering. It is perilous to the wellbeing and tranquility of the South and the Middle Belt individuals to consider Miyyeti Allah a worker’s organization; it is a psychological militant gathering being upheld by the current Fulanised legislature of Nigeria with a mission to invade the native individuals.”
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Three policemen killed by soldiers ‘arrested Evans, rescued Dauda chief, says IRT Commander, Abba Kyari #Repost @abbakyari75 The Galant, Outstanding and Innocent IRT team Attacked by the Soldiers in Taraba State is One of the Best and Most Highly Trained IRT teams in the Country. They are part of the teams responsible for the Arrest Of Nigeria’s Most Notorious Kidnap Kingpin Evans, Arrest Of 22 Boko Haram Terrorist Responsible for the 2014 Kidnapping of the Chibok School Girls in Borno State, Arrest Of the UMAR Abdulmalik Overall Boko Haram Commander Of North Central Nigeria and Several Of his Group Members. Arrest Of the Kidnappers Of the 2 American and 2 Canadian Citizens in Kaduna State. And most Recently, The Rescue Of Magajin Garin Daura in Kano State and Arrest Of the 13 Terrorist Responsible for Kidnapping the Magajin Garin Daura in his Home Town Daura Town Katsina State on the 1/5/19, among many other outstanding records of the Team. It’s Very Sad that, The Notorious Leader Of Kidnappers IRT arrested in Taraba State, With Handcuffs and leg chain on him have been released by the Army to Escape. Very Painful, ASP Vincent Maxwell Nigeria Police Force. https://www.instagram.com/p/B08ghOLlryT/?igshid=6jno03yfzs39
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INTERVIEW: 80% insecurity, apart from Boko Haram are by herdsmen, Buhari is their life patron - Maxwell
INTERVIEW: 80% insecurity, apart from Boko Haram are by herdsmen, Buhari is their life patron – Maxwell
By Philip Kayode
*Jailing of Mantu merely a serious farce until others that collected from Dasuki are jailed and Dasuki himself go through trial and jailed.
“Nigeria is indeed a country of extreme self delusion or how else can one describe the different tune coming out of the government about the insecurity in the while country when the same government not only knows those behind over eighty…
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Global Amnesty Watch: Group urges FG to close IDP camps, expel Amnesty International
Global Amnesty Watch advises the Nigerian Government to close IDP camps in the northeast and expel Amnesty International from Nigeria.
In view of the successes recorded by the military in the fight against terrorism in the northeast, an international group, Global Amnesty Watch (GAW), has urged the federal government to close down all internally displaced persons (IDPs) camps in the region.
This, the group believes would bring to an end the situation where IDPs are allegedly used as “conduit pipes” by non-governmental organization in the northeast to “amass” wealth.
The group has also advised the federal to expel Amnesty International from the country for acts, the say, is capable of undermining Nigeria’s democracy.
These decisions were part of the communique released at the end of its second International Human Rights Conference on Local Armed Conflicts in Nigeria on Monday, May 28, 2019, in Abuja.
“In reaction to the backlash from Nigerians against their interference, Amnesty International and its collaborators adopted a strategy of using other organizations to front for them,” the group said.
“The group (Amnesty International) for some time routed its false report through UNICEF, which in turn got other groups to form Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) Nigeria that was used to create a doctored sex abuse dossier. These platforms go to extra length to compromise media representatives so that their own misleading accounts of events get traction with the publics.
“We demand that the Federal Government expels Amnesty International and any other organization that undermines the war of terrorism from Nigeria; the expulsion is without prejudice to any actions brought against staff of these organizations under the anti-terrorism laws of the land.
“We request that the Federal and State Governments shut down the IDPs Camps since Boko Haram no longer occupies the communities from where the IDPs were displaced; the ability of the terrorists to attack soft targets would be neutralized once returnees adopt community policing approach to pass intelligence onto the police and military authorities," the communique cosigned by Mutiullah Olasupo and Maxwell Gowon noted.
GAW also advised the Nigerian government to institute the process of exiting the International Criminal Court over alleged intimidation.
“The International Criminal Court is constantly used to harass and intimidate military commanders and troops to discourage them from being committed to defeating Boko Haram. The myriads of false reports from Amnesty International and other groups usually have built in texts that threaten military personnel with arraignment for war crimes and crimes against humanity before the International Criminal Court.
“It was noted that South Africa, Burundi, Kenya and the Gambia are countries that have taken different steps towards exiting the court created by the Rome Statute because of its confirmed selective justice and usage as a tool for modern day colonialism.”
While canvassing for increased funding for the military, it chided the Nigerian Police for “abandoning their role” in the fight against terrorism in the northeast.
“The civil police have within the reference period largely abandoned its jurisdiction in the northeast and other trouble spot in the country for the military to assume jurisdiction even when this is not in consonance with the laws. This growing practice of burdening the military with civil policing is a drain on resources needed to conclusively prosecute the war on terrorism.
“We request that the civil police, Nigerian Police Force re-assume jurisdiction in the northeast except for localities where soldiers still have needs to engage remnant of Boko Haram terrorists. This will allow the military to focus on flushing out whatever is left of the terror group and remove its capacity to attack soft targets.”
The group also expressed its appreciation to President Muhammadu Buhari for the support against the anti-terrorism war.
Earlier, David Falt, GAW’s Global President, decried terrorism and its destructive impact of human lives and property as well as displacements of the citizenry saying: “Terrorism creates victims, victims deserve justice and justice delayed is justice denied”.
He called for more peaceful approach to resolving the crisis.
Speakers at the conference include; Professor Pita Ogaba Agbese, University of Northern IOWA, [USA]; Mary Johnson, Human Rights Lawyer, [USA]; Malfouz A Adedimeji, former Director, Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Ilorin Kwara State; Stuart McGhie, an expert in Humanitarian Law, London; Professor Emmanuel O. Ezeani of the Conflict Resolution and Peace Building Unit, Institute of African Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Prof. Shuaibu Ahmed Danfulani, country director of the group; Dr. Udenta O. Udenta as Conference Moderator amongst others.
The theme of the conference is ‘Assessing Nigeria’s Response to the Global Security Threats and Its Implications for World Peace’.
source http://www.newssplashy.com/2018/05/global-amnesty-watch-group-urges-fg-to.html
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Speech: United Kingdom Defence Adviser's Speech at 2017's Remembrance Day Luncheon
Your Excellency President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, UK High Commissioner to Ghana – HE Mr Iain Walker, The Minister for Defence – Honourable Dominic Nitiwul, The Deputy Minister for Defence – Honourable Major (Retired) Derek Oduro, The Honourable Adam Afriyie MP, The Honourable Meg Hillier MP, Chief of the Defence Staff for the Ghana Armed Forces – Lt Gen O B Akwa, The Inspector General of the Ghana Police Service, Chief of Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces, Service Chiefs and Commandants here present, Chairman of the Veterans’ Administration of Ghana, Ambassadors, High Commissioners and Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Senior Officers of the Ghana Armed Forces (serving and retired), Former members of the British Armed Forces, Distinguished invited guests, Sirs, Ma’ams, Ladies and Gentlemen, and of course, Veterans of the Ghana Armed Forces.
Good afternoon – I too wish to add my welcome to you all as we gather on one of the most important days of the year; important militarily, but also I believe, nationally. I wish to thank HE Mr Iain Walker and Mrs Walker for hosting this event here at their Residence. And, it is my particular pleasure to once again welcome those veterans of the Ghana Armed Forces who have joined us today – indeed, it is in their honour that we hold this event each year – you are all most welcome.
As ever, we are very grateful for the considerable assistance we have received that has enabled us to deliver this event today. I would like to thank: The Labadi Beach Hotel; The Accra Brewery Company; Blue Skies; Unilever Ghana; GNPC; Nyansa Africa; The British Chamber of Commerce; and G4S Security - for their extremely generous support. I would also like to thank the Ghana Armed Forces and especially the Chief of Staff and the Director of Music by whose kind permission the Band is playing today.
I must of course mention again this year the staff, and particularly the children, of the Multikids Inclusive Academy: Mandy Budge, Farouk and Judith – and Kwasi and Lois – it is the children of Multikids who have again provided the great array of display-pieces as their symbols of Remembrance.
I thank the staff of the B-H-C and particularly the Residence Staff and Works Group, for their efforts in ensuring that we are all accommodated here today and I thank you all for coming together to remember and honour the fallen, and those involved in operations today – but importantly here today, also in supporting Ghana’s veterans. I must also thank one particular individual: WO2 Darren Nicholl, known to all as Paddy, as this is his final Remembrance Day here in Ghana, but also as a serving member of the British Armed Forces – so much of what is delivered here today is down to his endeavours.
This is my second Remembrance Day in Ghana – my first, last year, left a very strong impression and I was left in no doubt as to the pride that Ghana justifiably has for her Armed Forces, and particularly for the historic achievements of those Armed Forces. And it is with a view to Ghana’s military history that the backdrop behind me has been produced for today, which possibly requires some explanation: starting at the top and working clockwise:
RSM Alhaji GRUNSHI DCM MM – the man who fired the first shot of the First World War;
Major Seth Kobla ANTHONY – the first Black African commissioned as an officer in the British Army, and later Ghana’s first representative to the UN, and High Commissioner to the UK, India and Canada;
Lt Col Felix Walter Martey HAMMOND BEM – who passed away just this year;
Sgt Cornelius Francis ADJETEY – a pivotal figure amongst the three now immortalised at the Christiansborg Crossroads Shooting Memorial;
And finally, Major Maxwell Mahama who tragically lost his life this year – at this point I would like to welcome particularly Mrs Barbara Mahama, wife of Maj Mahama – Ma’am, you are most welcome here today. All are figures that reflect not just Ghana’s military, but also I feel - national history.
Both the former H-C to Ghana, Jon Benjamin, and I spoke last year on the role of Ghanaians and other African soldiers during the First World War – especially relevant given the series of 100th anniversaries of First World War events that we will continue to see recognised up to November 2018. Indeed, this year serves as the centenary of women in conflict, and of the Battle of Cambrai, whilst also being the 75th anniversary of the RAF Regiment. And HE Mr Iain Walker has this year particularly noted the 100th anniversary of the Third Battle of Ypres, which history recalls as Passchendaele – a word that still evokes visions of hundreds of thousands of men dying upon an horrific battlefield churned to mud. Fought between July and November of 1917, this was a battle on a scale that, although leaving an indelible mark on the world, is today perhaps difficult for many to truly comprehend.
Although fought far away from the actions of the largely African forces on this continent, there are aspects of that time that many of us can relate to today – the ideals of service, loyalty and sacrifice. If we consider the combination of these three elements, then we can develop a sense of the selflessness that would have been required to fight in such a battle – a selflessness that is still required today when our servicemen and women fulfil their duty on behalf of our respective nations.
Much has happened in both the UK and Ghana since this event last year – but throughout Ghana has continued to deploy a significant number of personnel on UN Peacekeeping operations; has deployed forces as part of the African response in support of democracy in the Gambia, and closer to home, to deal with the challenge of Galamsey; the United Kingdom has deployed personnel to both South Sudan and Somalia as a refreshed commitment to UN Peacekeeping; whilst we continue to counter the threat of Daesh or IS; to support stability in Eastern Europe; and to support our partners around the world who themselves face other threats, perhaps not imagined 5, 10, 15 or 25 years ago.
The threat of terrorism of course looms large – in the UK, across wider Europe and globally. Indeed, Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso continue to suffer from the scourge of terrorism, whilst Nigeria continues to combat Boko Haram, and Somalia faces Al Shabaab. Challenges of this nature can be seen throughout the world at the moment.
But, as we collectively seek to defeat such threats in the modern world, we do so able to draw upon the experience and example of those who have gone before us. Much of the world is free today because of the sacrifices made by our predecessors; many will enjoy freedom into the future because of the sacrifices made by military, police and civilian personnel deployed around the world today. Indeed, in this year Ghana has lost 2 officers: both from different generations, serving in different times, but with the common bonds of service, loyalty and sacrifice - of selflessness.
Lt Col Felix Martey Hammond British Empire Medal (Retired) made a determined effort to join us last year, as he has across many previous years, but sadly passed away earlier this year. In reflecting on his life, I have been struck by how much it was lived with a sense of service, loyalty and sacrifice. From his enlistment into the Royal West African Frontier Force on 3 March 41, to his service through the ranks, to his development as a provider of education, to his time supporting Ghanaian troops returning from Burma, through his latter service as a Commissioned Officer, in his role within the religious community and latterly in supporting Ghanaian veterans. There is a consistent theme of “others before self” – selflessness.
This ideal from an earlier generation now reflects in the new generation of Ghanaian Servicemen and women. And I think there is one individual from this new generation who has reinforced the relevance of service, loyalty and sacrifice to us all today. Major Maxwell Mahama was taken from his family far too early in his life. Here was a young, capable and professional officer serving his country in any way required of him, who sacrificed his life in the course of that service, demonstrating loyalty to his nation and to the people of Ghana until the end. Service, loyalty and sacrifice – demonstrated by Major Mahama’s service to Ghana, seen throughout the life of Lt Col Hammond and qualities that were relevant to those men who fought and died at Passchendaele – qualities that span the generations.
And these are qualities that would have been relevant through the careers of those veterans here present today and qualities that form the core of the character of our veterans, who have reassumed their place in the society from which they came. We can see this in the life of Lt Col Hammond, in the work of those at the VAG and in the work done by people such as Derrick Cobbinah of Forces Help Ghana – all of whom are veterans who continue to serve on behalf of other veterans.
They are veterans who continue to play a role in society, who continue to have a purpose – indeed, who continue to add value within society. Those of us who come from like-minded societies would do well to recognise, to remember, not just the service given – but also the service veterans continuously give within our society.
Whilst it saddens me to hear of a veteran on the streets in the UK, it also saddens me to hear of veterans who are attacked, even shot, in their own homes in Ghana. Perhaps if we value the service given by our veterans, and recognise the value they still offer to society, then our societies will better care for the interests of our veterans.
It is for this reason that I applaud the efforts instigated by the GAF to look at their relationship with veterans and why I commend the work of Forces Help Ghana, the Veteran Administration of Ghana and others such as the Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League (who still support Ghana’s veterans today), the Royal British Legion and other organisations around the world that support our veterans.
And so, I turn again to the purpose of today – Remembrance – if we have a responsibility to our veterans – then we certainly have a public responsibility to remember the fallen – men and women like Maj Mahama, friends, family and those who fell at Passchendaele. I said it last year – but it bears repeating – to say the words ‘Lest we Forget’ is easy – to ensure we live up to those words is less so. It is right that we honour the memory of those who have lost their lives and offer thanks for the service, loyalty and sacrifice of those who have fought for the freedoms we enjoy today – some of those men are sat amongst us today – Gentlemen, I, for one, salute you.
This year we reflect on 100 years since Passchendaele – and 60 years since Ghana gained her independence. But what of the next 60 or 100 years? As we remember those who have gone before, we must recognise those who serve today – almost 3000 Ghanaians serving overseas on UN operations, and 4700 UK personnel are similarly deployed around the globe on a range of missions, tasks and operations – and we should recognise that these personnel will one day also be veterans deserving of our support, respect, and protection – Lest We Forget – their service will continue to provide peace for others into the future.
Our servicemen and women, now and for the foreseeable future, are engaged in activities that, like their predecessors, seek to keep our people safe; to create an environment that is secure, peaceful, and with the conditions for opportunity and prosperity – an environment within which society can progress. And so, as we remember those who have gone before –we should focus not just on the fact they fought, but why they fought – and why our people are required to fight today – to enable people to live in a society that benefits from peace, security, opportunity and prosperity.
And so, Servicemen and women have served across the years to create a society fit for all: and a society that should welcome, support and protect our veterans when their service is complete. It is our responsibility to ensure that not only do we remember, but that we take the opportunities created to develop a better society for the future: a society that creates opportunity for all – and one that values our veterans. They are proud of their tradition and Service: it is important that we are too.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank you all for joining us today in honouring particularly our Ghanaian veterans – people like Lt Col Felix Hammond, Maj Maxwell Mahama and those veterans sat here with us today – and of course those that have fallen – events such as today ensures that they are never forgotten.
Your Excellency, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Ministers, Members of Parliament, Ambassadors, High Commissioners, senior officers and officials all here present, Sirs, Ma’ams, Ladies and Gentlemen – I thank you for your attention – please enjoy the remainder of your lunch and the rest of the afternoon.
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Boko Haram attacks force INEC to suspend voter registration in Madagali Council
Boko Haram attacks force INEC to suspend voter registration in Madagali Council
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended its Continuous Voter Registration in the Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa, due to persistent Boko Haram attacks.
The Communications Officer of INEC in Adamawa, Mrs Rifkatu Maxwell, made the disclosure in an interview with the Newsmen in Yola on Friday.
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Boko Haram attacks force INEC to suspend voter registration in Madagali Council
Boko Haram attacks force INEC to suspend voter registration in Madagali Council
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended its Continuous Voter Registration in the Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa, due to persistent Boko Haram attacks.
The Communications Officer of INEC in Adamawa, Mrs Rifkatu Maxwell, made the disclosure in an interview with the Newsmen in Yola on Friday.
“The commission has suspended the ongoing nationwide continuous voter…
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REVEALED:Terrorists Plan to Set On Redemption Camp on Fire, Winners, Mosques – Akintoye
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REVEALED:Terrorists Plan to Set On Redemption Camp on Fire, Winners, Mosques – Akintoye
Unmistakable Yoruba pioneer, Prof. Banji Akintoye, cautioned South-West Governors that psychological militants have encircled the area, on Wednesday.
The head of Ilana Omo Oodua, in a letter sent to the lead representatives, noticed that the psychological militants are prepared to strike any second from now.
Prof Akintoye unveiled this in an assertion delivered on Wednesday through his media associate, Maxwell Adeleye.
He further expressed that the criminals have plans to assault significant spots to wreck the area’s economy.
Akintoye additionally cautioned that General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye; Bishop David Oyedepo of Winners’ Chapel; and other church and Islamic pioneers to shield their places of worship and mosques from being assaulted.
He likewise approached Yoruba adolescents to be more watchful and forestall the convergence of fear mongers into the district.
Akinyoye said, “A mix of Fulani psychological oppressors, Boko Haram and ISIS, have involved Niger State, which is promptly north of Yorubaland, in this manner accommodating themselves simple access into Yorubaland through the Yoruba parts of Kwara and Kogi states.”
“At that point as of late, the US gave an explanation that ISIS had penetrated Southern Nigeria from the ocean, implying that the shoreline of Lagos, Ogun and Ondo states have been invaded.”
“Our circumstance has in this manner become urgent and requires frantic activities from our state lead representatives. I feel obliged to give a lot of thoughtfulness regarding the investigation of our Yoruba country’s changes in these horrendous occasions and from such examinations, I am therefore raising an educated alert to the lead representatives regarding our states.”
“I unassumingly and energetically ask our lead representatives to meet up to give the required reaction to the peril that takes steps to overwhelm Yorubaland in, most presumably, the following not many days.”
“It is very notable that the mark activity of these unfamiliar psychological militant associations is to initially annihilate conspicuous resources of the general public that they assault. That could imply that significant public and private structures in Lagos and Ibadan, especially the massively representative Cocoa House in Ibadan, would be their quick targets.”
“Proprietors and overseers of huge buildings in Yorubaland are firmly encouraged to set up imposing security for their structures. These incorporate scaffolds, significant public and private structures, temples and such famous church domains as the Redeemed, Winners, Deeper Life, Mountain of Fire Church camps and the novel Synagogue working of the Synagogue Church, everything being equal, and surprisingly our most lofty focal mosque structures in Lagos, Ibadan and our different urban communities.”
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Solar boosts health, businesses in insurgency-hit Adamawa communities
Wellness, training, interpersonal conversation and businesses are now being increased in insurgency-ravaged rural towns in Hong Municipality Region (LGA) of Adamawa State in Northeast Nigeria, where revolutionary solar power methods are placing back laughs towards the villagers’ encounters, profit their wallets and, primarily, portending clean expectations for future years.
Solar power panels on the top of the building running refrigerator and illumination methods in a residential area in Hong LGA in Adamawa Condition
After encountering lethal assaults this past year by rampaging Boko-Haram militants that led to substantial individual and substance injury, returnee citizens of the towns are now actually choosing up the bits of their lifestyles, because of a targeted at growing entry of nearby towns to contemporary energy providers (for example solar power) underneath the Ecological Power For Several (Se4All) program being marketed from the Un Development Program (UNDP) and Vitality Fee of Nigeria (ECN).
In most of the 12 benefitting towns, the task supplies a solar-operated fridge freezer within the nearby wellness center, a solar-driven water borehole along side 10,000-litre volume expense tanks, in addition to solar house and outside lighting methods.
In Mojili for instance, both refrigerators mounted about 6 months previously in the Garaha Main Health Center are helping suppress the B scourge locally.
B is just a viral illness that certainly will trigger equally severe and persistent illness and strikes the liver. A significant worldwide health condition, the Planet Health Business (WHO) explains Hepatitis B like a possibly lethal liver disease due to the hepatitis B disease. The body worries it may trigger places people and persistent disease from cirrhosis at high-risk of dying.
A vaccine against hepatitis B hasbeen available. The vaccine is in stopping disease and also the improvement of cancer and persistent illness because of B 95% efficient. The vaccine has become easily available within the Garaha Main Health Center, where it’s saved (as well as other medicines) within the solar-driven refrigerators.
Formerly, the vaccine needed to be moved from Hong, that will be many kilometeres away.
Aminichi Edwards, an Jr Community Health Extension Employee (JCHEW) in the center, claims: “Before today, we used-to visit Hong to obtain immunisation. But once we have this refrigerator, position can be taken by our immunisation at any time.
“If nowadays a young child is shipped, we’re in a position give and to get the B vaccine, that will be said to be provided 12 hours after kid or birth shipping. We’d issues with going because it is very a length to create vaccines and also the bicycles and tricycles often create problem on the road whilst the streets are poor, particularly throughout the wet period. Therefore the vaccines might arrive here really overdue along with a occasions not in a situation that is very. However now, anytime and anyday we truly need vaccines, we have them below.
“A kid that’s not provided the vaccination in the period that is correct can very quickly contact the illness, that will be bad, why we’ve been informing that it ought to be given within 24 hours and that’s. It’s a disease that effortlessly moved to a different in one individual, which means this measure is just a type of avoidance in the kid calling the condition. Therefore, because of the refrigerator that is solar, it’s today easily available and the vaccine is instantly got by any kid shipped below. Nowadays there are no setbacks within the management of the along with other vaccines to patients.”
By solar energy, the center can also be lit-up aside from the refrigerator.
We today make use of the solar-light anytime any moment with no issue, no further have to purchase batteries or visiting purchase something, we are able to make use of the lighting anytime any time, although “We applied to create utilization of the lantern to be used below. the lantern is no further used by us. We utilized about 8 litres of gas daily, which may not really consider people for lengthy. And also the gas is extremely expensive today. We purchase gas because we’ve the solar-system. September 2016 the machine was set and ” adds listing additional towns that patronise the center to Garaha Larh Dabriah Dutse and Shasha’u since that time we’ve ceased utilizing the turbine.
Yoila, a citizen of Mojili who supported his sibling, who’s an individual, submits is just a huge difference today within this clinic. Where medicines are stored there’s today refrigerator and there’s energy below aswell. It was previously challenging acquiring medicines before and that I am conscious this was because of moving the medicines and required gear down below from Hong since of receiving a bike or cab, aside from the trouble, the street can also be of low quality. Today medicines can easily be bought and there’s continuous lighting make it possible for the team below for attending patients.”
Commenting about water present within the village’s fresh water source, grain player, Maxwell Shingu, claims: “Without this water that is solar pump, we’ve no additional place. All of the water palm pumps within this neighborhood are broken there and down is no water. Therefore we today exclusively rely on the solar-water task. We were getting water in the water before this service was set up. We really made a near to the water. We’ve to travel many kilometers towards the riverside. We buy chlorine before consuming it to deal with the water in the water. Because it has already been excellent for drinking but we’ve no cause to deal with the water in the solar push. Therefore we no further invest cash to purchase chlorine to deal with the water in the riverside before consuming, and our spouses and kids furthermore no further journey long-distances to get water.”
The helper Key, Nathan, provides solar light after full-charge may last for all times. The house lights during the night and costs cell phones. Prior to this, we utilized lamps and torchlights. We spent every three or two times changing batteries for that flashlight. Once we no further purchase batteries frequently today we conserve on average N100 daily. Which improvement has enhanced our individual finances.”
Mon Benson, successor and a of the light that is solar, states : I invested about N200 every single day to gas the turbine. When I no further purchase gas for that turbine, I’m today in a position to conserve more income. Actually, each month, I conserve 000 in my own consideration, about N5, anything I had been unable to do. Since I intend to get married soon this really is excellent for me personally. I don’t consider the light house since it was handed in my experience under a plan designed to aid youthful entrepreneurs like me.”
Mrs Leader Williams, player and business-woman: “I oil for lamps and today conserve lots of cash from continuous purchase of batteries. Additionally, during the night, my kids do and study their research using the light that is solar, that we in the same time-use to cost my telephone. Everything is really handy and existence has become therefore easier for all of US. We have to proceed significantly to get water. The stop is simply by my doorstep while you can easily see. We are saying thanks towards the UNDP and ECN for this sort and regular gesture.”
A manufacture and deputy representative using the ECN, Ekpenyong, stated: insurgents have “Communities which have been driven by insurgents are currently returning. Like heading back into night and today that they’re returning, it’s. So when these folks reunite from exile, we in the UNDP/ECN today determined they wish to alter the conventional of living of the city by giving them with required power for everyday living, including power for illumination, power for water-supply, power for main healthcare delivery. If so today we determined that people are likely to supply them solar power since in this instance they’ll not require oil or gas however they uses the normal daylight. Therefore today we’re by using this solar to offer water present to them. We’re additionally supplying lightening with that they may use to cost their telephones to them.
Mojili, 2 has been effectively supplied about by the task,403 individuals with solar illumination systems-which might allow the villagers cost their cell phones within the ease of their houses execute domestic responsibilities efficiently at night and aid kids study at night. With this specific, the villagers don’t need to be worried about purchasing dry or oil cell batteries for illumination. The water present that is lightweight might help enhance the villager’s health by decreasing instances of disease from water borne illnesses, and decrease the quantity of hours required kids and by ladies to get water in the flow.
“The task also educated the installment and preservation, and also some youngsters within the installing of the house methods of the solar-powered borehole. This can be a type of work development for that youngsters who are able to currently deploy and keep maintaining several of those amenities for additional communities.”
The 12 helping towns are: Shashau Kwakwa’ah Gahara Lari Silkami Kubutava Dilwachira Gashala Mamud.
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Jailbreaks: 1,133 prisoners on the loose –Investigation
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja
Over 1,133 prison inmates who escaped from various prisons in the past seven years are still on the loose, investigations by our correspondent have revealed.
Checks showed that the Nigerian Prisons Service and other security agencies had been unable to track down and arrest the fleeing inmates, many of whom were members of the Boko Haram insurgent group who escaped during jailbreaks between 2010 and 2017.
Some of the prisons that have recorded jailbreaks include facilities in Maiduguri, Borno State; Kano, Kano State; Bauchi, Bauchi State; Akure, Ondo State; Enugu, Enugu State; Sagamu, Ogun State; Koton Karfe, Kogi State; Oko, Edo State; and Abuja.
Findings by Saturday PUNCH indicated that the 36 inmates who broke out of the Ikot Ekpene Prison in Akwa-Ibom State on December 27, 2017, had not been rearrested.
No fewer than four persons died during the attack on kitchen workers by the inmates while seven others were captured during the jailbreak.
On December 6, 2016, about 275 prisoners escaped from the Minna Medium Security Prison in Niger State, out of which 115 were reportedly rearrested, leaving about 160 unaccounted for.
A similar incident occurred at the Federal Prison, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State on November 30, 2014, when 341 prisoners escaped from the facility, leaving a warder and some sniffer dogs dead.
Sixty-seven awaiting trial inmates were rearrested after the attack while 274 inmates reportedly escaped. The prison service had yet to give any update on the missing inmates.
On August 9, 2016, no fewer than 15 inmates at the Federal Prisons, Nsukka, Enugu State, broke out of their cells, but only six were reported to have been rearrested by the Nigerian Prisons Service while nine were still at large.
Ten days after, there was an attempted jailbreak in Abakaliki Federal Prison, Ebonyi State, where officials claimed six inmates attempting to escape were killed and several others injured.
The same incident was recorded at Koton Karfe Prison, Kogi State on July 30, 2016, when 10 pre-trial detainees and three convicts escaped from the facility by simply scaling the fence. Five of them were reportedly rearrested later, while the remaining eight inmates were believed to be on the loose.
The all-male prison facility, which was inaugurated in 2014, has the capacity to accommodate 180 inmates, but it was accommodating about 263 inmates at the time of the jailbreak, it was gathered.
In Abuja, two prison inmates, Maxwell Ojukwu from Delta State and Solomon Amodu from Kogi State, awaiting trial for culpable homicide, escaped from the Kuje Medium Prison on June 25, 2016. The fugitives are still at large.
The incessant jailbreaks reached a critical point in November, 2014, when armed hoodlums invaded Koton Karfe Prisons, Kogi State, and freed about 145 inmates.
Twelve inmates returned to the prison to serve out their short sentences and about 45 others were rearrested, leaving 88 unaccounted for.
In June, 2012, the Jimeta Prison at Damaturu was attacked by suspected insurgents who allegedly freed 40 inmates, some of whom were believed to be Boko Haram members. The number of inmates rearrested could not be ascertained as nothing had been heard from the prison authorities about the incident since then.
About 721 suspected Boko Haram members also escaped from the Bauchi Prisons on September 7, 2010, but less than 100 of them were said to have been recaptured by the security forces.
Embarrassed by the series of jailbreaks, the Federal Government in August, 2016, dismissed 23 prisons officers for alleged complicity in jailbreaks at Kuje Medium Security Prisons, Abuja and Koton-Karfe Prison, Kogi.
Also, 11 other prison officers were suspended.
The NPS spokesman, Francis Enobore, explained that many of the escaped inmates had been rearrested by the prison services in collaboration with the police and the Department of State Services.
He stated that the service was partnering various civil groups and associations to gather information that could assist in tracking down the escaped inmates.
“I cannot go into the details of the partnership for security reasons, but the fact is that we have rearrested many of the escaped inmates, and we are still collaborating with our sister security agencies to track and arrest the others,” Enobore explained.
He could not, however, provide the official data of inmates on the loose, despite repeated requests spanning several weeks.
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