By Emmanuel Antswen

Makurdi, April 28, 2025 Mr Ifeanyi Emenari has assumed office as the new Commissioner of Police, Benue State Command.

This is contained in a statement signed by SP Sewuese Anene, the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), and made available to newsmen on Monday in Makurdi.

Anene in the statement, said the veteran officer who hails from Ekwulobia, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State, was enlisted into the Nigeria Police Academy in 1992.

He had served in various operational, investigative and administrative capacities across the country.

According to Anene, the new CP served Zamfara, Imo, Katsina, Anambra, Calabar, Osun, Ogun, Abia and Federal Capital Territory,  Abuja.

“The CP served as Unit Commander  27 Police Mobile Force (PMF) Kastina State from 1996-1999, Unit Commander 29 PMF  Awka, Anambra state from 1999-2002 and  Unit Commander 11 PMF Calabar, Cross-River state from 2002-2003,” she said.

Anene further said that the new CP had represented Nigeria in different foreign missions where he served as  Commanding Officer.

She said the CP was a Contingent Commander, Nigeria Police Contingent to United Nations Mission in Sudan, Ops Officer, Joint Operation Center (JOC) Khartoum, Sudan, Deputy Security Advisor, Eastern Equatorial state, South Sudan in 2012.

The PPRO said that before Emenari’s deployment to Benue State Command, he was the Commissioner of Police, Force Provost Marshal.

“As Commissioner of Police, Benue State Command, CP Emenari pledges to strengthen community policing and partnerships, enhance security measures to protect lives and properties and use available resources to combat insecurity in the State.”

…..JTF Exhumes Remains of 74-Year-Old Man

David Torough, Makurdi

A security Joint Task Force (JTF) known as Operation Zenda, led by Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP Dr.

Justine Gberindyer, reportedly discovered and exhumed the remains of Simon Ankau, a 74-year-old retired school principal and the biological father of Reverend Father Jacob Terkaa Ankau, the Parish Priest of St. Peter’s Parish Ayati in Ukum LGA of Benue State.

It is reported that the victim was kidnapped on April 18, 2023, in Chito in Ukum Local Government Area.

He was subsequently killed and buried in a shallow grave near Gaya town, on the border between Ukum and Katsina-Ala Local Government Areas.

Sources indicate that Simon, being an elderly man, could not survive the trauma of the kidnapping and passed away after a few days in the kidnappers’ den. He was then buried in a shallow grave.
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The kidnappers demanded a ransom from the family, and when Mr. Simon’s wife and son brought the ransom, they were also taken hostage.

In May 2023, members of Operation Zenda successfully searched for and rescued the wife and son who had gone to pay the ransom.

The persistent search for Mr. Simon led the members of Operation Zenda to discover the shallow grave in Gaya village, located on the border between Ukum and Katsina-Ala LGAs.

CSP Justine Gberindyer, the commander of Operations Zenda JTF, has reiterated the Benue State government’s commitment to a zero-tolerance policy towards all forms of criminality. He emphasized that there was no place for criminals or their activities in Benue State.

However, he did not disclose whether any arrests were made in connection with the kidnapping of the 74-year-old.

The two LGAs of Ukum and Katsina have witnessed numerous criminal activities in recent times.

Marriage

By Yakubu Uba

Maiduguri, July 22, 2023 (NAN) Vice President Kashim Shettima, former President Muhammadu Buhari, Aliko Dangote, serving and former governors were in Maiduguri on Saturday to grace the wedding fatiha of Gov.

Babagana Zulum’s son, Mohammed.

The serving governors at the event include that of Lagos, Yobe, Kwara, Gombe, Bauchi, Katsina, Ogun, Niger, Jigawa and Niger.

Other dignitaries include National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, Mohammed Indimi, Mele Kyari, Nasir El-Rufai, Abdullahi Ganduje, members of the National Assembly, and traditional rulers from within and outside Borno, led by the Shehu of Borno.

The marriage, at Maiduguri Central Mosque, was conducted by Chief Imam of Borno, Zanna Laisu.

Former President Buhari stood in as the groom’s representative (Wali). (NAN)