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Enugu Police Commissioner orders rescue of Rivers United Coach

The Enugu State Commissioner of Police, Mr Mohammed Aliyu, has ordered the immediate rescue of Stanley Eguma, Head Coach of Rivers United FC, who was allegedly kidnapped by unidentified gunmen on June 15.
This order is contained in a statement issued by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, in Enugu on Wednesday.
Eguma was allegedly seized on Enugu- Port Harcourt Expressway at about 4 p.m. while returning from Gombe to Port Harcourt , after an NPFL game.
“The unidentified gunmen, operating in a white Hilux van, trailed and forced the black Hilux van conveying Eguma to stop… The assailants pushed two of the passengers out and made away with the black Hilux, abducting Eguma in the process,” the statement said.
The police commissioner ordered that no stone should be left unturned in rescuing Eguma.
According to the statement, the commissioner urged members of the public to provide the police with useful information.
“The command’s hotlines to call are 08032003702, 08075390883, 08086671202 or 08098880172 … send an email to: contact042ppro@gmail.com,’’ the police said.
Efforts made by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent to speak with officials of the club and those of the Rivers Ministry of Sports on the kidnap of Eguma proved abortive. (NAN)
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The Allied Peoples Movement (APM) in Osun State has raised concerns over the alleged recruitment of members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) into the state’s Amotekun Corps, claiming it threatens the safety of opposition members.
In a statement issued on Friday, APM Chairman, Mr. Adewale Adebayo, criticized the recruitment process, alleging that non-PDP applicants were deliberately screened out. He warned that Amotekun, originally created to enhance security, was being turned into a political tool.
“We are disturbed by the protest by well-meaning Osun residents who applied but were deliberately excluded because they are not PDP members,” Adebayo stated.
He further alleged that over 1,000 PDP members had been recruited into the corps, describing it as an attempt to silence opposition voices. According to him, the recruitment exercise was merely a formality to cover up a pre-arranged selection process favoring ruling party members.
APM has called for the resignation of the Corps Commandant and Field Commandant of Amotekun, demanding an apology to the affected applicants and the people of the state. The party insisted that the security outfit must remain apolitical to maintain public trust.
Neither the Osun State Government nor the leadership of Amotekun has responded to the allegations as of the time of this report.
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