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Nigeria:
Nasarawa Massacre - Director Arrested, Accused of Leaking Information to Cultists
Vanguard, 23 May 2013
Still trying to fish out the masterminds of the massacre of dozens of policemen and security agents in Alakyo in Nasarawa State about two weeks ago, security operatives have… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Nasarawa Killings - Envoy Hopes Perpetrators Are Brought to Book
Daily Trust, 22 May 2013
The Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Chris Cooter, yesterday, expressed hope that the perpetrators of the May 7 murder of policemen and other security operatives at the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Nasarawa - Bodies of 25 Missing Policemen Found in Mass Grave
This Day, 21 May 2013
The death toll of policemen killed by members of the Ombatse cult in Nasarawa State has climbed to 72 following the discovery of the bodies of 25 policemen that had been hitherto… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Nasarawa - Slain Policemen's Relatives Fight Widows Over N1 Million Donation
Leadership, 20 May 2013
Respite is yet to come the way of the wives of police officers killed on May 7 at Alakyo. Nasarawa State governor Tanko Al-Makura donated N1million to each of the widows, but the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Ombatse - the Rise of a Deadly Cult, By Al-Makura
This Day, 19 May 2013
On May 7, 2013, the nation was greeted with the tragic news of the gruesome killing of 56 security operatives by a relatively known group called Ombatse. The slain security… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Our Husbands Didn't Know They Were Going On Death Mission - Widows of Slain Policemen
Leadership, 19 May 2013
In the past couple of weeks, security operatives have come under series of brutal, calculated attacks, which have claimed almost 150 lives in different parts of the country, with… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Governor Al-Makura - What I Know About Ombatse
This Day, 19 May 2013
Nasarawa State Governor Tanko Al-Makura has given insights into the relatively known cult, Ombatse, which recently killed several security operatives deployed in Alakkio community,… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Despatches From Nasarawa-Eggon Road
Daily Trust, 19 May 2013
I was determined to pass through Nasarawa State in spite of the trouble that I knew would be a clear and present danger on that road. A nice young man was getting married in… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Ombatse and the Alakyo Massacre
Daily Trust, 19 May 2013
The cold- blooded massacre by Ombatse cultist of over 80 police officers on duty to Alakyo in Lafia East Development Area of Nasarawa State early last week has, indeed, shocked,… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Nasarawa Massacre - Police Dole Out N1Million Each to Bereaved Families
This Day, 20 May 2013
It is perhaps a new dawn in the police force as compensation packages were doled out at the weekend to families who had lost their breadwinners during the massacre of policemen in… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Cops Arrested Over Nasarawa Killings Not Yet Guilty - -IG
Daily Trust, 21 May 2013
The 14 policemen arrested for their alleged involvement in the recent massacre of security personnel in Nasarawa State are not yet pronounced guilty as investigation into the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Nasarawa Massacre - Arrested Policemen Still Under Investigation - IG
Vanguard, 21 May 2013
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, weekend in Lagos, described the arrest of some policemen in alleged connection with the killings of policemen two weeks ago,… Read more »