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  • Bandits kill one, Kidnap 19 in Kaduna

    Bandits kill one, Kidnap 19 in Kaduna

    Bandits on Saturday unleashed mayhem in Angwanwaku community in Kufana Chiefdom of Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killing a villager and abducting 19 others.

    During the attack, one Kukah Yari was killed, while Abuki Dogo was injured.

    There was no official confirmation of the incident either from the police or the state government.

    However, the Secretary of the Chiefdom, Tanimu Makaddas, said the incident happened around 12:00 a.m on Saturday when the attackers invaded the community.

    He said those kidnaped were: Genesis Ezekiel, Deborah Ezikiel, Salomi Dutse, Rifkatu Zaphaniah, Tamar Liazarus, Ejah Habila, Rejoice Ezikeil, Catharine Silas, and Gundu Rubu.

    Others were: Makadas identified those kidnapped to include, Yakubu Abba, Basiru Maiwada, Keziya Silas, Peace Silas, Lami Istifanus, Habila Musa, Bege Liazarus, Joshua Abuki, Juliana Habila, Stella Yohanna.

     

  • Troops rescue 6 abducted Gusau Varsity female students

    Troops rescue 6 abducted Gusau Varsity female students

    Operatives of the Joint Task Force, Operation Hadarin-Daji, have rescued six female students of Federal University, Gusau, Zamfara, abducted in the early hours of Friday.

    Force Information Officer, Operation Hadarin-Daji, Cpt. Ibrahim Yahaya, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) via telephone on Friday in Gusau.

    The rescue operation followed the abduction of an unspecified number of female students from their rented hostels at Sabon-Gida which is few meters away from the university.

    Yahaya said that the troops pursued the abductors who took the students, mostly females, to the forest.

    He said that the troops engaged the abductors in a gun duel, supported by the air component of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), and rescued six of the students.

    Yahaya further stated that several bandits were neutralised during the rescue effort which, he said, was still ongoing.

    “The troops also recovered one AK-47, a magazine, four motorcycles and one communication gadget from the terrorists,” the officer said.

    NN reports that the institution’s students had, in June, protested the spate of abductions of their schoolmates residing in Sabon-Gida and Damba communities.

    It was also gathered that the two communities are opposite the main campus of the university, which is about 20km from Gusau, the state capital.

    Efforts to speak with the school authorities on the incident proved abortive, as the institution’s Spokesperson, Umar Usman, did not respond to several calls put through to him by a NAN correspondent.

  • Police arrest men who supply arms to bandits

    Police arrest men who supply arms to bandits

    Men of Karasuwa Divisional Police Station in Yobe State have arrested two men who indulged in the act of supplying bandits with arms and ammunition in the state.

    The suspects were caught in possession of a rocket launcher.

    DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Yobe State Command, made this known via a statement on Thursday.

    According to the PPRO the two suspects, identified as Hassan Abubakar, 35, and Abubakar Shehu, 32, were both from Maradun, Zamfara State.

    “The first suspect, Hassan Abubakar, was arrested while driving an 18-seater bus in Karasuwa on a mission to collect RPMG. He was intercepted after collecting the mortar.

    “The first suspect confessed that the second suspect, Abubakar Shehu, was a bandits’ courier in Zamfara State and was trailed and arrested in Maradun by Police Detectives from Yobe state command, ” the PPRO said.

    He added that the suspects are allegedly supplying firearms to bandits in Zamfara, Kano, Niger, Zaria, and Yobe states among others.

    DSP Abdulkarim further disclosed that, investigation is ongoing as the suspects are fully cooperating.

    “Commissioner of Police Garba Ahmad has pledged to sustain the tempo thereby encouraging officers and men of the Command to do more,” he said.

  • Bandits displace 7 villages in Kebbi, Sokoto States

    Bandits displace 7 villages in Kebbi, Sokoto States

    The Kebbi Government on Monday distributed relief materials to  victims of bandits’ attacks from seven villages of Sokoto and Kebbi states.
    According to NAN The two villages were attacked in Kebbi and five in Sokoto state.
    Those displaced sought refuge in Jarkuka village, Arewa Local Government Area of Kebbi.
    The Commissioner for Information and Culture, Alhaji Yakubu Ahmed-BK said the affected villages were on the borders of the two states.
    “We are in this village on behalf of His Excellency, Gov. Nasir Idris, to distribute relief materials to displaced victims of bandits’ attacks.
    “The governor, upon receiving the news of the attack around this axis of boarder villages between Kebbi and Sokoto state, swang into action.
    “We have a situation where thousands of displaced persons from the attacked areas trooped into this village and other surrounding villages for safety,” Ahmed-BK said.
    He said the “relief materials include thousands bags of millet, rice and beans as well as mats, detergents, buckets, and seasoning among others, as emergency measures to ameliorate the suffering of these people.”
    Ahmed-BK said though the victims were largely from Sokoto state, “yet, as government of the people, by the people and for the people, the governor directed that all the affected victims be treated equally”.
  • Bandits kill 2, kidnap 3 in Kaduna

    Bandits kill 2, kidnap 3 in Kaduna

    The police command in Kaduna State has confirmed that two persons were killed and three others kidnapped by suspected bandits on Sept. 15 in a community in the state.

    The command’s Acting Public Relations Officer, Mr Mansir Hassan, confirmed the development on Sunday in Kaduna.

    Hassan said that the incident took place in Dogon Noma-Unguwan Gamu community in the Kajuru Local Government Area of the state.

    He said that the bandits invaded the community at about 6:30 a.m., killing and abducting the victims.

    The spokesman assured that the bandits would eventually be arrested to face the wrath of the law.

    NAN

  • Bandits strike in Kaduna Mosque, kill 7 worshippers

    Bandits strike in Kaduna Mosque, kill 7 worshippers

    The Police Command in Kaduna State on Saturday  confirmed the killing of seven persons while performing prayers in a Mosque at Saya-Saya village of Ikara Local Government Area.

    The command’s Deputy Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the incident to NAN.

    Hassan said “at about 8:00 p.m. on Friday, we received information from Saya-Saya village that six persons were killed while performing last prayer of the day (Ishai) in a Mosque.

    “The bandits, about nine of them on motorcycles, arrived and attacked the people in the Mosque.

    “At the spot, they shot six persons while praying in a mosque in the  village.”

    Hassan said the bandits also moved to another Mosque at Tashar Dauda, also in Ikara Local Government Area, and killed one person while three sustained bullet injuries.

    He said the bandits took away four motorcycles.

    “On getting the information, the Divisional Police Officer of Ikara promptly mobilised security operatives to the scenes.

    “By the time our men got there, the bandits had escaped into the bush before the arrival of security operatives .

    “So far, no arrest has been made at the scenes of the incident but five empty shells of AK49 rifle were recoverd.”

    He said that the seven corpses had been handed over to their relatives.

    Of the three injured persons, he said that two were moved to General Hospital Tudun-Wada, Kano State, while one is in General Hospital Ikara.

    Mansir said Police had intensified efforts to arrest the suspects and make them face the law.

    He quoted the Commissioner of Police, Mr Musa Garba, as appealing to citizens to always report any unusual and suspicious activity to the nearest security authorities for proactive measure.

  • Bandits demand N4 million to release abducted NYSC members in Zamfara state

    Bandits demand N4 million to release abducted NYSC members in Zamfara state

    Bandits who abducted more than eight National Youth Service Corps, (NYSC) members have demanded the sum of four million Naira as ransom to secure their freedom.

    It was gathered that the Corps members were kidnapped along a highway within Zamfara State last Friday.

    They were travelling in an Akwa Ibom Transport Company, AKTC bus from Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital to Sokoto State, to take part in the mandatory National Service when the bandits attacked their vehicle and abducted them.

    The father of one of the kidnapped Corps members Emmanuel Eket said through a telephone interview that his daughter, Glory Thomas had been giving them updates on the latest development in the bandits’ camps.

    According to him, the bandits phoned with her number to inform him about the abduction of his daughter and asked him to pay N4 million ransom for the release of his daughter.

    “They called me with her number, demanding the sum of N4 million. They allowed me to speak with my daughter because I asked how they wanted us to pay and my daughter said we should contact the AKTC,” the man added.

    “Since that time, they have not called and I have not spoken with my daughter. I don’t know if they have released them but my daughter has not called me.”

    The Zamfara State Police Command is yet to comment on the abduction of the corp members in the state.

    However, a military source who preferred anonymity confirmed the kidnap, pointing out that a rescue team was currently combing the forest to rescue the victims unhurt.

  • BANDITRY! I am ready for dialogue – Niger State Gov, Bago

    BANDITRY! I am ready for dialogue – Niger State Gov, Bago

    Apparently peeved by the state of insecurity under his watch, Governor Umar Bago of Niger State has said his administration will dialogue with bandits.

    This was as Bago said his administration had put in place a non-kinetic mechanism against bandits.

    Bago revealed this to State House Correspondents after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

    The Governor, however, vowed to activate military action if the non-kinetic approach fails.

    According to Bago, we are looking at two options: first, non-kinetic, as a government, we have put in machinery to start talking to the bandits.

    “We have also created a ministry for nomadic, and pastoral affairs to look at the issues of Fulani herdsmen.

    “You also need to understand that Niger State has the largest congregation of Fulani.

    “Niger State is 8.3 million hectares of land with bodies of water, and the environment is very good for grazing.

    “A lot of Fulani across the world, not just Africa, converge in Niger State, so we don’t want them to leave, We don’t want any major military activities, We want to talk to them.

    “But if we don’t get to that level of dialogue, then probably, we have to go fully military.”

  • Uncertainty in Niger as bandits killed 21 troops

    Uncertainty in Niger as bandits killed 21 troops

    Confusion in Niger state as no fewer than 21 military personnel including senior officers were reportedly killed by the suspected bandits at Kundu via Zungeru in the Wushishi Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger state.

    It was gathered that 13 of them were killed in an encounter on Sunday, while eight others were killed on Monday in an ambush in which a captain and a major were reportedly involved.

    According to reports, the security operatives were trying to block the Kundu route of the criminals who were about to cross with some rustled cattle when they were ambushed, leading to the casualties including five vigilantes who were injured with bullets.

    It was reliably gathered that the bandits had rustled several animals from several communities and tried to cross from Akere to the northern parts of the country.

    An eyewitness told Channels Television that the corpses of the 21 military personnel were deposited at the same Zungeru hospital where the injured vigilante group were receiving medical treatment.

    An injured vigilante, Sani Adamu, in a phone interview, said they had a gun battle within a range of less than 100m but they were challenged because the criminals’ weapons were more sophisticated than theirs, leading to casualties.

     

  • Zamfara: Bandits attack LGA headquarters, kill one, Abduct Emir’s son, 6 others

    Zamfara: Bandits attack LGA headquarters, kill one, Abduct Emir’s son, 6 others

    Armed bandits on Monday, attacked the headquarters of Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State, killed one person and abducting 7 others.

    A resident of Bungudu town, Ishaq Bungudu said that the armed bandits stormed the town with deadly weapons, shooting sporadically and killed one person in the process.

    According to him, 7 other persons were abducted, including the son of the Emir of Bungudu Abdulrahman Hassan and the Former State Programme Officer of International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Abubakar S/Fada Bungudu

    Ishaq Bungudu lamented while speaking to channels television that the incessant attacks on the local government headquarters by the armed bandits, despite being the closest local government to the state capital Gusau.

    He urged the State Governor Dauda Lawal to, as a matter of urgency appoint security aides.

    “We are being attacked almost on daily basis now, despite being close to Gusau, the state capital, we don’t know what is going on, government is not saying anything, he does not even have security aide since he was sworn-in.”

    “He should appoint security aide so that people will know who to call during distress times, we don’t even know what to do now, the bandits will just enter the middle of the town and kill people, it is really disturbing.”

    Bungudu also attributed the incessant attacks on the local government headquarters and neighboring communities to a bandits enclave located around one community at an outskirts of the town but questioned why security agencies have not been able to dislodge the bandits and destroy the hideout.

    “You know there is one bandits enclave when you pass Nahuche community to Karakai, they have a hideout there and the security agents are aware, I don’t know why they have not scattered that place and dislodge them.”

    Efforts to reach the Zamfara State Police Command spokesperson ASP Yazid Abubakar was not successful as he was not responding to several phone calls put across to him