Tony Anenih Elected PDP BOT Chairman

Abuja — THE National leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday described the election of former Chairman of Board of Trustees, BoT, Tony Anenih into the office of Chairman of the board as a bold step towards ensuring peace and harmony within the ranks of the Party.

In a statement signed by PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, the PDP however expressed confidence that Chief Anenih's antecedents as a mobilizer and consensus builder over the years will contribute to the long term stability of the Party.

Metuh said, "Chief Anenih's tireless participation and critical role in the formation of the PDP places him in good stead to provide wise counsel and direct the influential Board of Trustees to follow the noble ideals of the founders of the Party.

His wealth of experience and acclaimed reputation as a democrat and consensus builder are assets that the Party needs at this critical point in our democratic evolution.

" Chief Anenih's unanimous election by all members of the Board of Trustees has disappointed opposition elements and doomsday prophets who expected the process to result in rancor and acrimony.

"This is yet another signal that the PDP is ever united and ready to overcome all perceived obstacles in our drive to provide focused leadership and service to the people of Nigeria.

"PDP calls all Party members across board to give maximum cooperation to the new chairman of the BOT who has himself pledged to broaden the spread of the umbrella to accommodate all tendencies."

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Man replaces eye with camera

Rob Spence is a documentary film maker, who after losing his eye in a shooting accident as a child has replaced his prosthetic one with a video camera.

Describing how the idea came about on his website Eyeborg Blog.Spence writes: 'Take a one eyed film maker, an unemployed engineer, and a vision for something that’s never been done before and you have yourself the EyeBorg Project.’

His childhood toy of the Six Million Dollar Man also inspired him to pursue the project.

Spence refers to himself as ‘the eyeborg guy’, embracing the term bionic which involves fusing technology with the human body.

Whilst the camera does not restore his vision and is not connected to his brain it does give him the ability to create films wherever he is, transmiting wirelessly to a recording device.

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100 suspected robbers attack Brinin-Gwari, kill three policemen

ABOUT 100 armed robbers on Thursday unleashed terror on the residents of Birnin-Gwari town, in the Brinin Gwari Council of Kaduna State, killing three policemen in an operation that lasted two hours.

The robbers also razed a police station and two banks in the area, according to the Kaduna State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Aminu Lawan.

A resident of the area who spoke on condition of anonymity said the robbers struck in the early hours of Thursday.

“They headed for the police station in the area and engaged the policemen on duty in a gun duel. They shot sporadically for hours and overpowered the policemen on duty.

“Thereafter, they went to two banks located in the town where we heard a deafening sound of a bomb across the town. They vandalised the banks and break their ATM machines,” the resident narrated.

The incident came barely 24 hours after the Emir of Birnin Gwari, Alhaji Zubairu Jibril, raised the alarm that armed robbers had taken over his domain.

The emir said the men of the underworld were in charged of affairs in the area.

Jibril spoke when he led other traditional rulers, politicians and traders on a courtesy visit to the Kaduna State Governor, Dr. Mukhtar Ramalan Yero, to make a formal complaint about the activities of armed bandits in his domain.

He said the robbers raped wives of victims, and that over 7,000 heads of cattle were stolen by the bandits.

The Emir had said, “From November last year, when we had the Dogondawa incident, the government promised to do something the late governor and the General Officer Commanding, One Division, were there, but till now, my people are still waiting for the action of the state government. The situation has worsened. They are doing what they like and they are heavily armed.

“Except in Birnin Gwari town , in other villages in my domain, I am not in charge, and you are not in charge too.”

In October last year, the sleepy town of Dogodawa in Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of the state was jolted as unidentified gunmen went haywire, killing 20 people in the process.

Those killed in that attack were mostly Moslem worshippers returning to their houses in the early hours.

A source told our correspondent that the Thursday attack which occured at about 12 mid night and lasted for about two hours left the police station in ruins.

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