BRIEFSTHE National Vice President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Southwest, Bishop Francis Wale Oke, has called on the government and organised labour to agree on terms that would be of interest to Nigerians instead of quarreling on removal of oil subsidy.He said: 'Why don't both parties sit down and lay all the facts on the table without any hidden agenda, no hidden facts. In the words of Winston Churchill, 'Let us jaw jaw and not war war''. Let them make the facts available on the table and with honesty, sincerity and integrity, they should look at all the facts and then reason together and take a decision.Bishop Oke, who was the guest speaker at the Apostolic Visitation organised by the Lagos State, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria in Lagos, told The Guardian shortly after the event that it is sad for the Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, who also was the former President of Nigeria Labour Congress to have arrived at where he is today and betray Labour.'Take, for example, Adams Oshiomhole, who is the governor of Edo State, who is one of those talking about removal of oil subsidy. He was one time President of the Nigeria Labour Congress. Such people cannot get there and begin to betray Labour. So, Labour should understand what the government is trying to say and government should understand what Labour is trying to say. And government should not hide any figure or fact from the people. They should lay the matter on the table and discuss as patriotic Nigerians.Bishop Oke, who tasked ICPC and EFCC to function effectively without bias, said they should not only bark but also bite.Boko Haram: Gunmen Kill Prison Guard, PolicemanAuto Crash Claims 10TWO suspected Boko Haram gunmen have shot and killed 39-year-old Abba Jato, a prison guard in Abaganaram ward of Maiduguri metropolis, Borno State, at about 8pm on Thursday.Confirming the killing, Comptroller of Prisons, Usman Kaina Maina, said: 'We received the report last night, where two suspects with a Kalashnikov rifle, attacked the residence of our prison officer and shot him in the chest and on head on Thursday.'He said the killing of Jato, brings to seven the total number of prison guards and officials killed by suspected Boko Haram sect members in Maiduguri.The Commissioner Police, Simeone Midenda, however, told The Guardian that the prisons authorities are yet to submit a report to the police on how the guard was killed.Meanwhile, a week after 14 people lost their lives in an oil truck crash at Ngelzarma, 10 people were again killed in separate auto crashes on Thursday along the Potiskum-Fika road and the Bayamari junction on Damaturu-Gashua road in Yobe State.The state's Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Maitizumah Gwani disclosed that the bodies were deposited at the General Hospital, Potiskum.Suspected Boko Haram gunmen also trailed Corporal Maliki Audu to his Gomari Airport residence in Maiduguri at about 7.45pm on Friday night and shot him dead before his wife.Confirming the killing, on Saturday, Midenda said: 'For a two-month period, there were no killings of officers or attacks and at our police stations until last night's killing of Maliki.''Njadvara Musa, MaiduguriGunmen Kidnap MonarchTHE traditional ruler of Obuofia autonomous community, Igwe Obiora Igwesi, was kidnapped by unknown gunmen at about 7.45 pm on Friday night. Obiora is the elder brother to former House of Representatives member, Uchenna Igwesi. Family sources said yesterday that the traditional ruler was abducted around Meniru Street, Awkunanaw, Enugu, where he had gone for a meeting. Confirming the kidnap in Enugu, the police said the whereabouts of the monarch has not yet been ascertained (as at press time), stressing that his captors are yet to make contact with his family.His mobile phones have not been accessible since the incident, as they were said to have been switched off. The incident is the second in less than a week in the state. It follows the killing by unknown gunmen of the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] council chairman for Enugu south, Stanley Ani.' Lawrence Njoku, Enugu
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