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  • Supplementary poll: Panic as armed security operatives abduct four INEC officials in Bauchi

    Supplementary poll: Panic as armed security operatives abduct four INEC officials in Bauchi

    Reports reaching TNG has it that four yet-to-be identified staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducting the ongoing supplementary poll in Bauchi State have been kidnapped by armed men.

    As of the time of this report, the issue has caused tension among INEC staff and residents who were seen discussing the issue in hushed voices.

    The incident was said to have taken place at Jamare Local Government Registration Area 02 with Polling Unit Code 010.

    However, unconfirmed reports by voters at the aforementioned polling unit said the INEC officials were abducted by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF).

    A staff of INEC, who escaped said the armed security operatives came in seven Toyota Hilux vans.

    According to him, the abducted staff were taken away with voting materials.

    He said, “Four of our staff in Jamare LGA Registration Area 02 with Polling Unit Code 010 have been abducted with voting materials. The place was invaded by heavily armed security operatives who came in seven Toyota Hilux Vans, and took the four INEC officials to Jamare LGA to perfect their plots.”

    More details later…

  • Gunmen invade Zamfara community, abduct new bride, nursing mothers, others

    There was pandemonium on Monday in Zamfara State as armed bandits attacked a community abducting several people.

    Those abducted include a new bride, and some nursing mothers.

    According to a report by Premium Times, the incident happened at Zurmi Local Government Area at about 11:45 p.m.

    Residents said the heavily armed bandits shot sporadically into the air, scaring residents.

    Falalu Ashafa, a teacher at Government Girls Secondary School, Zurmi, said his wife, mother, two children and nanny are among those kidnapped in the Monday attack.

    He said after the attack, 26 persons, including three lactating mothers, and a newly-weded bride were missing and believed to have been kidnapped.

    The Zurmi attack is coming two days after a similar attack on a viewing centre at Birnin Magaji area of the state. In that attack, seven people were kidnapped and are yet to be released as at Tuesday morning.

    The security agencies in Zamfara are yet to make any official statement on the Saturday attack.

    Killings and kidnapping for ransom have continued in Zamfara communities, despite security reinforcement and subsequent change of the police commissioner in the state.

    When contacted, the Zamfara police spokesperson, Mohammed Shehu, said the police repelled the Monday night attack but later realised that 13 people had been kidnapped.

    He said the hoodlums stormed Majema area in Zurmi with a view to causing mayhem and breakdown of law and order in the community.

    “On the spur of the moment, combined teams of Police/Military and Civilian JTF Stationed in Zurmi responded promptly and repelled the attack.

    “As a result, the attackers were forced to beat a retreat back to Dumburum forest. Sadly enough, 13 Persons were later discovered to have been kidnapped by the attackers.

    “The command in its efforts to ensure the successful rescue of the Kidnapped Victims dispatched a Search and Rescue Operation team to Complement the effort of the Joint Security Personnel Currently on extensive bush combing.

    “The press will be duly briefed on the outcome of the rescue operation.

    “The command appeals for continued support and cooperation with the police and other security agencies by giving timely and useful information on activities of criminal elements in the state.”

     

  • Boko Haram abducts nine women, kills man in Borno

    At least nine women were reportedly abducted by suspected Boko Haram gunmen in attacks on farmlands around Bama within the last two days.

    Bama, a local government headquarters in Borno State, is about 68 kilometres Southeast of Maiduguri, the state capital.

    Those abducted comprise six women and three girls.

    Sources said farmers are now scared of going to outskirts of their town to harvest crops.

    It is customary in the state for women and grownup girls to participate in the harvest of crops like beans, millet and groundnuts grown by their male folks.

    On Wednesday, three girls were abducted by unknown gunmen after setting out to fetch firewood in the nearby bushes of Bama town.

    The gunmen who crept on the girls took them at gunpoint to unknown destination.

    Just as the residents of the recently liberated town were coming to terms with the development, news reached the town on Thursday that six women out in the field harvesting crops were also abducted. Their man who accompanied them was also killed in the field.

    An official of the Civilian-JTF, Ba’a Gonyi, who arrived Maiduguri from Bama said “there has been palpable tension in the town” since the abduction

    “We are really petrified by the happening in Bama in the last 48 hours,” he said.

    “On Wednesday they abducted and left with three girls and yesterday (Thursday) six women were taken away by the same gunmen who attacked them in the farmlands.

    “A man that was with them in the farm was shot dead. This has scared us badly and everyone is in the state of worry now.

    “This is even more disturbing because the women were out in the bush to harvest crops from the farms while some of the girls were fetching firewood when they were kidnapped.

    “Now many farmers whose crops have matured are scared of going to the farms for harvest.

    “Honestly, we are all afraid and we want government to immediate action on this before it gets out of hand. And we don’t even know what next will happen.”

  • BREAKING: ‘Unknown gunmen abduct Dino Melaye’

    BREAKING: ‘Unknown gunmen abduct Dino Melaye’

    Senator Dino Melaye (Kogi West) has been abducted by unknown gunmen.

    This was disclosed by Senator Ben Bruce (Bayelsa East) on his Twitter page.

    “I have just been informed by Moses Melaye, @dino_melaye’s brother, that Dino has been abducted by unknown persons in a Toyota Sienna that blocked their car and overpowered them on their way to Kogi to answer to Dino’s court case. Lets be on the watch out. Will keep you updated,” Bruce tweeted.

    Melaye was arraigned yesterday before an FCT High Court in Apo, Abuja on a six-count charge bordering on attempted suicide.

    Melaye was also charged with the offences of attempt to escape from lawful custody and damage of police property.

  • Gunmen invade Veritas University Abuja, abduct lecturer

    Gunmen invade Veritas University Abuja, abduct lecturer

    There was pandemonium on Monday at Veritas University, Bwari, Abuja, as gunmen invaded the institution and abducted a lecturer, who also doubles as personal assistant to the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Michael Kwanashie.

    Findings revealed that the attackers stormed the Catholic institution around 12am and shot into the air before kidnapping the victim from his quarters opposite the school.

    It was also gathered that the lecturer, who is also a Catholic priest, lived in the same room with the school Chaplain, Fr. Aloysius Achonwa.

    A source explained that Achonwa hid in the roof to elude the gunmen.

    A student at the school, who identified herself as Mbafan, said, “It was around 12am when we heard gunshots. Everyone froze in fear. It was in the morning we learnt that the attackers had abducted the priest and were demanding N15m ransom.”

    The Vice-Chancellor of Veritas University, Kwanashie, declined comment, saying he had been advised against issuing any statement for security reasons.

    The Federal Capital Territory police spokesman, Anjuguri Manzah, promised to find out from the Bwari Police Division, but he subsequently failed to respond to calls and did not reply to a text message sent to him.