Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu says he no longer has ‘trust’ in the head of the domestic security agency. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will bring a vote to the government to dismiss the director of the Shin Bet domestic security service. In a statement from Netanyahu’s office on Sunday, the prime minister said he has had an “ongoing distrust” for Ronen Bar and that trust in the head of the domestic security service is crucial at a time of war. According to Israeli media, the vote to dismiss the Shin Bet chief is expected to take place in a special cabinet meeting on Wednesday. But in a statement, Bar said while he took “responsibility for the agency’s part” in failing to prevent the October 7 2023, Hamas attack that sparked the war in Gaza, it was “clear that the intent behind my dismissal is not related” to it. “The prime minister’s expectation of a personal loyalty that contradicts the public interest is an entirely improper expectation,” Bar said. Israeli Democrat Party chief Yair Golan also slammed the move to dismiss Bar and wrote on X that “Netanyahu declared war on the State of Israel.” “The dismissal of the head of the Shin Bet is a desperate attempt by a criminal defendant to get rid of someone who is loyal to Israel and who is investigating Netanyahu and his close circle for serious and dark offences and is not willing to whitewash them,” Golan said. “The dismissal of the head of the Shin Bet will not pass as if nothing happened. There will be tremendous resistance, we will fight with force and will not allow Netanyahu to turn the State of Israel into a dictatorship of a corrupt man,” he added. The decision to dismiss Bar comes after an angry dispute between the two, which focused on who bears responsibility for October 7. The Shin Bet, which is responsible for monitoring Palestinian armed groups, recently issued a report accepting responsibility for its failures in the attack, which is seen in Israel as the country’s worst security failure that led to its single deadliest day, with 1,200 people killed and 251 taken captive, according to an Israeli tally. However, the organisation also criticised Netanyahu for failed government policies that helped create the moment that led to the attack. Still, the prime minister has also resisted calls for an official state commission inquiry into the events of October 7. Moreover, the decision to dismiss Bar follows several senior Israeli officials who were in charge during the Hamas attack being forced to step down, including former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and army chief Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi. The tensions boiled over this weekend when Bar’s predecessor, Nadav Argaman, said he would release sensitive information about Netanyahu if it is found that the prime minister had broken the law. Netanyahu accused Argaman of blackmail and filed a police complaint. Follow Al Jazeera English:...

The state's Commissioner of Police, Olugbenga Adeyanju has directed police investigators to go after the gunmen.

Aminu Iya-Abass, Speaker of the Adamawa House of Assembly. (Fombina Times)

Unknown gunmen broke into the residence of Aminu Iya-Abass, the Speaker of of the Adamawa State House of Assembly and abducted two members of his family on Thursday, November 5, 2020.

During the attack, the gunmen reportedly killed one of the vigilantes guarding the house, while a police officer also sustained bullet wounds.

But while confirming the incident on Friday, the Adamawa police command denied the report that a police officer was killed.

Public Relations Officer, Adamawa Police Command, Suleiman Nguroje, said the gunmen abducted two persons from the Speaker’s residence.

Nguroje said, â€œYesterday ( Thursday), a certain house was attacked by unknown gunmen who killed a vigilante and went away with two persons from the residence.

“Our people got to the residence around 4 am to halt the operations of the gunmen, at that material time what mattered to them was to rescue the two persons that were abducted by the gunmen and not who owns the house.”

Nguroje added that the state's Commissioner of Police, Olugbenga Adeyanju has directed police investigators to go after the gunmen and rescue the victims the abducted.