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Vol. 9 No. 38
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
. . . putting the people first
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How gunmen massacred 40 students in Adamawa From Richard Ihediwa, Blessing Tunoh, Yola with agency report
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etails of how gunmen massacred about 40 persons mostly students of tertiary institutions in Mubi, Adamawa state, on Monday night have emerged as Police confirmed yesterday that the assailants
Assailants came with military uniform Called out victim’s names then shot them called out names of the victims before spraying them with bullets. Also one of the students who survived but pleaded anonymity
said the assailants came in military uniforms at about midnight and surrounded the compound where they lived after which they started
taking the students outside requesting their names and shooting them at close range. He said others cut the bodies of
the victims with knives after which they lined up their mutilated corpses in the compound. He said it was not clear how they chose who to kill and those to spare adding that victims included Muslims and Christians. Though the police said 25 persons were killed, residents Contd on Page 2
Disquiet over Service Chiefs’ appointments By Joy Baba
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alculations towards the 2015 presidential polls in addition to delicate geopolitical interests may be at the heart of the indecision of President Goodluck Jonathan to appoint fresh service chiefs whose respective tenures come to a decisive end tomorrow October 4, 2012. Peoples Daily gathered that Jonathan bowed to lobby mounted by the retiring military top brass by quietly extending their tenures to tomorrow after they had expired last month “because they all wanted to celebrate the 52nd independence anniversary in active service”, a source told our Contd on Page 2
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Female intending pilgrims at Yola International Airport, yesterday waiting to board a plane to Saudi Arabia for this year's Hajj. Photo: NAN
Corruption: Jonathan Salami: NJC relied on newspaper queries Adamu's rearticle – Presidency appointment as PCA >> PAGE 2
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