November 21, 2014

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House won’t extend emergency

Seven PDP lawmakers ‘sack’ Ekiti Speaker

NEWS Page 2

NEWS

•I’m still in charge, says Omirin

•Senate shifts debate till Tue.

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VOL. 9, NO. 3039 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2014

TR UTH IN DEFENCE OF FREEDOM TRUTH

‘How Boko Haram trains fighters within three weeks’

The Nation man Eke freed From Sunny Nwankwo, Aba and Odunayo Ogunmola, Ado-Ekiti

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FIVE-DAY ordeal in the hands of abductors ended yesterday for The Nation’s Abia State Correspondent, Mr. Ugochukwu Ugorji-Eke. He was abducted last Sundayin front of his home in Aba. “He’s back,” a family member told The Nation last night. She gave no details of Mr. Ugorji-Eke’s release. Some lawyers, including Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) Aba Branch Chairman Chiedozie Ogunji, had earlier condemned the abduction, saying “the gradual breakdown of law and order is shocking to everybody and I don’t know who to lay the blame on”. “It means that we have come to the end of the world, if Continued on page 2

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CAMEROONIAN military officer has revealed how Boko Haram’s fighters are trained. According to him, the sect spends only three weeks between when a person is recruited and when he is deployed in the battle field. The officer, who declined to be named, was quoted by the French News Agency (AFP) as

•Ugorji-Eke

saying: “The Boko Haram fighters we’re dealing with are trained in three weeks: the first week they’re given money and drugs, the second week they learn to put together and strip down a Kalashnikov (gun), and the third, they’re sent to the frontline.” The sect is intensifying attacks in Cameroon, targeting new villages with increasing-

ly sophisticated weapons. The army fears more violence in the approaching dry season. “We’re convinced that the establishment of a ‘caliphate’ (by Boko Haram) is aimed not only at Nigeria but also at Cameroon,” Leopold Nlate Ebale, commander for an elite battalion in the borContinued on page 60

•INSIDE: ONU HEADS APC PRESIDENTIAL PANEL P7 ROBBERS LOOT BULLION VAN IN ONDO P8

Reps: Jonathan must go Lawmakers open impeachment battle against President Police, SSS teargas Tambuwal, others

CHAOS IN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

From Victor Oluwasegun and Dele Anofi, Abuja

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T was like a scene from an action-packed movie. Lawmakers removed their shoes and climbed the iron fence to make their way inside the chamber. Teargas fumes choked the environment, drawing tears from the lawmakers’ eyes. Many were shouting and screaming. Chaos. That was the scene yesterday at the National Assembly complex in Abuja where the police and other security agents battled unsuccessfully to stop House of Representatives Speaker Aminu Tambuwal from entering the chamber. In anger, the lawmakers launched an impeachment battle against President Goodluck Jonathan. By evening, no fewer than 130 of them — there are 360 members in the House— had signed a register to back the Jonathan-mustgo move. Policemen allegedly acting on the instructions of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Anyim Pius Anyim, and the National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki, locked the gates to the National Assembly (NASS). There were no com-

•Minority Leader Femi Gbajabiamila (left) with Victor Ogene and another member (right)...yesterday

•Chairman House Committee on Public Accounts, Solomon Adeola and another member...yesterday

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WILL THE CHIBOK GIRLS KIDNAPPED ON APRIL 15 EVER RETURN?

INSIDE •Why we did it, by police •Presidency okays action •A lawless Presidency •Mark shuts parliament •APC, Buhari, Atiku, others condemn chaos •SEE PAGES 2-4,19&60

•TEAR GASSED: Tambuwal...yesterday •TEARGASSED:

•Senators Danjuma Goje (left) and Chris Ngige ... yesterday

•Deputy Minority Leader Kawu Sumaila ... yesterday. PHOTOS: ABAYOMI FAYESE

•CHINESE FIRM WINS $12B LAGOS-CALABAR RAIL CONTRACT P53 FARMERS GET N1.4B P53


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