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<\/p>\nThe group says an intensified patrol and surveillance on the nation\u2019s highways will quell cases of armed robbery, kidnap and other violent attacks by hoodlums.<\/p>\n
The National Chairman of NALBON, Mr Joseph Ejiofor made the call in Onitsha while addressing newsmen on some of the security challenges facing the group.<\/p>\n
Ejiofor said the call became imperative following the incessant attacks members and commuters plying the highways faced almost on a daily basis.<\/p>\n
He said the frequent attacks were affecting the economic and social activities of members and Nigerians in general, urging that drastic measures be taken to overcome the security challenge.<\/p>\n
He listed some of the major flash points where the criminals operate to include Benin by-pass, Omotosho-Ijebu Ode, Abuja-Kaduna, Abuja-Nassarawa, Makurdi and Elele-Port Harcourt highways, among others.<\/p>\n
According to him, these criminal elements operate unmolested with dangerous weapons including sophisticated guns and machetes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey block the roads, divert vehicles and passengers into the thick bush unchallenged and unleash terror on their victims. Sometimes the victims are held for up to a week.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome of them at Benin by-pass even confessed to victims recently that they are Fulani herdsmen, who had lived in the bush for many years.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey also claimed that security operatives know that they occupy these bushes and so, nobody will come to their rescue unless they part with ransom or they lose their lives.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe disturbing aspect of a recent Benin by-pass attack is that a victim, who returned from the United States of America vowed never to return to Nigeria unless the security condition improved,\u201d he claimed.<\/p>\n
Ejiofor described the recent killing of the former Chief of Defense Staff, Alex Badeh as \u201ca sad development and condemnable in all ramifications\u201d.<\/p>\n
He noted that Badeh\u2019s killing was one of such dastardly acts of the highway hoodlums.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe therefore, call on the IG of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris to deploy police formations to the affected areas to protect lives and property.<\/p>\n
\u201cA joint patrol of the Nigerian Army, Navy, Police, DSS and armed Civil Defense personnel should mount surveillance and carry out regular patrol to tackle this ugly trend, especially during the Yuletide.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have absolute confidence in the Nigeria Police to neutralize the activities of these fearless hoodlums, who have continued to terrorize our highways,\u201d Ejiofor added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The National Association of Luxury Bus Owners of Nigeria (NALBON) has decried incessant kidnap and robbery incidents on the nation\u2019s highways. The group says an intensified patrol and surveillance on the nation\u2019s highways will quell cases of armed robbery, kidnap and other violent attacks by hoodlums. The National Chairman of NALBON, Mr Joseph Ejiofor made […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":71903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3773,3],"tags":[7776],"class_list":["post-71902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-news","tag-arm-robbery"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/71903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}