Hoodlums terrorizing Ogwashi-Uku
community, the headquarters of Aniocha South Local Government Area of
Delta State, on Tuesday, killed one Mallam Isah Darabi, a fast food
seller in the community.
Sources said the victim was killed in the early hours by the assailants, who invaded his business centre with AK 47s.
It was gathered that the victim, 35,
popularly called Mai-Sai, was said to have barely resumed his business
when he was attacked.
Residents, who spoke to our reporter on
the condition of anonymity, decried the killing and called on security
agents to tackle incessant robbery cases and kidnapping in the
community.
Efforts made to reach the state Police
Public Relations Officer, Celestina Kalu for comment was not successful
but somepolice officers at the Ogwashi-Uku Police Division, who spoke on
the condition of anonymity, said the robbery suspects shot the fast
food seller on the chest for failing to give them the money they
demanded.
It was further learnt that the hoodlums
shot the food seller in his legs thereby causing heavy loss of blood
which eventually resulted in his death before help came his way.
Meanwhile, Police detectives, Delta
State Police Command, Asaba, arrested twenty robbery suspects in Kwale,
Oleh, Asaba and its environs on Monday and killed four others in a gun
battle in Ibusa community, near Asaba while six escaped with bullet
wounds.
Confirming
the arrest of the suspects, the Police Commissioner in the state,
Alkali Usman, assured members of the public that the Police will do its
best to secure lives and properties in all parts of the state.
Usman said the Police, in collaboration with vigilante groups, have achieved success in combating crime.
The Police boss said that within a
period of three months, the Command arrested over 14 armed robbers, 8
kidnappers and recovered 21 locally made guns, 31 live cartridges, 8
vehicles and four pump actions guns.
He said, “We have done considerably well
in combating crime, especially with the collaboration of the vigilante
groups, and within the period under review, six of the robbery suspects
escaped with serious bullets wounds.”
The Police boss said the suspects would be charged to court on completion of investigations.
Telecoms
giant, MTN Nigeria said it spent N8billion worth of diesel yearly to
run their telecoms installations, especially the Base Station
Transceiver Stations (BTS).
The cost, according to MTN Nigeria’s Corporate Services Executive, Mr Akinwale Goodluck was incurred annually to purchase diesel due to the absence of stable public electricity supply.
Goodluck lamented the inadequate supply of light which chopped off 60 percent of its operation cost of doing business in the country despite the fact that its operations depend wholly on stable power source, added that the telecom company has continue to stagger under heavy cost of diesel used to run generating sets at their cell sites.
MTN which was the sole sponsor of this year’s Nigerian Civil Service Day at the occasion in Abuja yesterday, deployed generating sets to power its base stations and BTS sites for about 17 to 20 hours a day
Confirming the huge cost of running base stations operations by the operators, Goodluck maintained that power issues had, indeed, necessitated the operator decision to install two generators at each of their sites.
“The huge amount spent on diesel, generating sets and other associated expenses could otherwise be spent on network expansion towards providing better services to the growing telecoms consumers,” he said.
“What we spend on diesel in Nigeria is two or three times higher than what we spend in other African countries.”
Though, he said the population of the country also happened to be a challenged which could have been surmounted of the proper amenities are on ground , stating that the telecom company is seeking to partner with small operators to for wide and better services.
“Our efforts to positively contribute to people’s lives are clear in the products and services we provide. This is how we create sustainable economic value for both our business and stakeholders.”
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/we-spend-n8bn-on-diesel-annually-says-mtn-nigeria/#sthash.DjbOiQRI.dpuf
The cost, according to MTN Nigeria’s Corporate Services Executive, Mr Akinwale Goodluck was incurred annually to purchase diesel due to the absence of stable public electricity supply.
Goodluck lamented the inadequate supply of light which chopped off 60 percent of its operation cost of doing business in the country despite the fact that its operations depend wholly on stable power source, added that the telecom company has continue to stagger under heavy cost of diesel used to run generating sets at their cell sites.
MTN which was the sole sponsor of this year’s Nigerian Civil Service Day at the occasion in Abuja yesterday, deployed generating sets to power its base stations and BTS sites for about 17 to 20 hours a day
Confirming the huge cost of running base stations operations by the operators, Goodluck maintained that power issues had, indeed, necessitated the operator decision to install two generators at each of their sites.
“The huge amount spent on diesel, generating sets and other associated expenses could otherwise be spent on network expansion towards providing better services to the growing telecoms consumers,” he said.
“What we spend on diesel in Nigeria is two or three times higher than what we spend in other African countries.”
Though, he said the population of the country also happened to be a challenged which could have been surmounted of the proper amenities are on ground , stating that the telecom company is seeking to partner with small operators to for wide and better services.
“Our efforts to positively contribute to people’s lives are clear in the products and services we provide. This is how we create sustainable economic value for both our business and stakeholders.”
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/we-spend-n8bn-on-diesel-annually-says-mtn-nigeria/#sthash.DjbOiQRI.dpuf
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