Governor Patrick Yakowa and General Owoeye Azazi Dead in Helicopter Crash

Governor Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State, former national security adviser, NSA, General Owoeye Azazi and others have been reportedly burnt in a helicopter crash that occurred in the forest of Okoroba community in Nembe local Government of Bayelsa State.

The  crashed Naval helicopter was said to have occurred at about 4: 30 pm, a few minutes after take- off from the community.

Nigeria's National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA) had earlier indicated that the agency had activated a search for a crashed helicopter.

Governor Yakowa and Mr. Azazi were among many political figures who reportedly attended the burial of the father of senior presidential aide Oronto Douglas. The funeral event took place in the Nembe area of Bayelsa State earlier today. The crashed helicopter was one of the few several helicopters that some well-connected people to the used to attend the funeral.

The late Patrick Yakowa

Late General Oweye Azazi

 

The helicopter was said to have burst into flames. The identity of others who have died in the terrible tragedy is still unknown.

Following the reports of the unfortunate death of the Governor of Kaduna state, Mr. Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa in a helicopter crash, the entire state has been  thrown into confusion and mourning.

Former Governor Balarabe Musa, while reacting to the unfortunate death of Yakowa said “the unfortunate death is an act of God”, saying that “may his soul rest in peace”.

Meanwhile, there was security beef up in the Kaduna metropolis, as several armed security men were seen patrolling all nook and crannies. There was also unprecedented traffic jam on major roads and streets. The crash comes on the heels of a plane crash on October 25, 2012 that has left Governor Danbaba Suntai of Taraba State brain-damaged. Mr. Suntai was moved to a hospital in Germany where he remains in poor shape, unable to recognize his visitors or to speak.

KAREN IGHO SLAPPED AND HARASSED BY A GATE-MAN

 

You can only imagine how embarrassing it is to have a security man harass someone for money in this very poor economy of ours, people indeed just want to make some shrewd money before the year ends not caring how they make it.
Karen Igho who is one the winners of BBA6 revealed on her twitter handle with pictures how a security personnel harassed her for money at a Smirnoff party hosted by Denrele Edun in Lagos
In her tweets earlier today Dec 16th
‘Wow I got slapped at a smirnoff party, by a security man; He loaded his gun and put it to my face at the car park, he wanted money and I didn't have any on me then he slapped me, still in shock and pain. All I wanted to do was to go support my friend @DENRELE_EDUN who hosted the event. I know I have a good heart but I won't let this go without fighting for justice because he might do it to someone else. The slap sent me landing on the floor and hitting my head. Even my father has never slapped me like this and the loading of the gun to shoot me wow am in shock’
This is absolutely absurd, barbaric and insane, but how come Karen wasn’t with a personal security guard or anyone at all at the time of the abuse, despite her celebrity status?
Who gave the nitwit a gun in the first place?
We must see to the end of this with Karen and be sure the nitwit is made to be served with his own pills.

Sorry dear
Reported by @OrireFreshout

EVIL VISITS CONNECTICUT AS 27 PEOPLE ARE KILLED IN SCHOOL SHOOTING MASSACRE

Adam Lanza of Newtown, Connecticut started 14/12/12 by shooting his mother Nancy in the face before driving to a nearby Sandy Hook Elementary School wearing a black military-style gear, including a bullet proof vest and a mask. He started shooting at about 9:35 am approximately half hour after the school day began, the shooting took place for a few minutes during which 20 school children between the ages of 5-10 years of age, six adults were killed in the shooting including the school principal Dawn Laffert Hochsprung, the school  psychologist, Mary Sherlach and school teacher Vicki Soto.

The shooter did not say a word during the shooting and committed suicide by self-inflicted gunshot wound. 

Two 9mm handguns, one glock , one SIG Sauer and one .223-caliber Bushmaster rifle were recovered from the scene of the crime. All of the guns were owned legally and registered to his mother Nancy lanza.

A relative told ABC News that Adam was "obviously not well."

Family friends in Newtown also described the young man as troubled and described Nancy as very rigid. "[Adam] was not connected with the other kids," said one friend.

State and federal authorities believe his mother may have once worked at the elementary school where Adam went on his deadly rampage, although she was not a teacher, according to relatives, perhaps a volunteer.

The FBI is in at least three states interviewing relatives and friends of the elementary school gunman who killed 20 children, seven adults and himself, trying to put together a better picture of the shooter and uncover any possible explanation for the massacre, ABC News has learned.

The authorities have fanned out to New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts to interview relatives of Adam Lanza, 20, and his mother, who was one of Lanza's shooting victims.

In the early confusion surrounding the investigation, federal sources initially identified the suspect as Adam's older brother Ryan Lanza, 24. Identification belonging to Ryan Lanza was found at the shooting scene, federal sources told ABC News.

Ryan Lanza soon took to Facebook to say he was alive and not responsible for the shooting. He later was questioned by police.

During the rampage, first-grade teacher Kaitlin Roig, 29, locked her 14 students in a class bathroom and listened to "tons of shooting" until police came to help.

"It was horrific," Roig said. "I thought we were going to die."

She said that the terrified kids were saying, "I just want Christmas. ... I don't want to die. I just want to have Christmas."

A tearful President Obama said Friday that there was "not a parent in America who doesn't feel the overwhelming grief that I do."

The president had to pause to compose himself after saying these were "beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10."

As he continued with his statement, Obama wiped away tears from each eye. He has ordered flags flown as half staff.

It is the second worst mass shooting in U.S. history, exceeded only by the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007 when 32 were killed before the shooter turned the gun on himself. The carnage in Connecticut exceeded the 1999 Columbine High School shooting in which 13 died and 24 were injured.

Friday's shooting came three days after masked gunman Jacob Roberts opened fire in a busy Oregon mall, killing two before turning the gun on himself.

The massacre prompted the town of Newtown to lock down all its schools and draw SWAT teams to the school, authorities said.