Tag: Convoy
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Bandits open fire on Edo Senator’s convoy, three policemen injured
Senator representing Edo Central Senatorial District, Clifford Ordia on Monday escaped death by a whisker when suspected bandits opened fire on his convoy. Ordia who is Chairman, Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts happened said his attacked twice by the criminals along the Okene-Lokoja-Abuja road same day. The senator said during the exchange of…
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BREAKING: Governor Ortom escapes death as gunmen open fire on his convoy
Reports reaching TheNewsGuru.com.com has it that gunmen on Saturday afternoon attacked the Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom. According to reports, the attack happened at Tyo Mu along Makurdi/Gboko road in Makurdi Local Government Area of the state. Governor Ortom was said to be on his way to Makurdi when the gunmen opened fire on his…
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Bandits attack Kaduna emir’s convoy, kill two in Igabi, Kauru LGAs
The convoy of the Emir of Birnin Gwari in Kaduna state, Alhaji Zubairu Maigwari has been attacked by bandits. According to a statement by the Commissioner for internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, the official vehicle of the Emir was shot by bandits at about 4:30 PM on Monday around the Zonkoro axis of…
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10 policemen in Bauchi Gov’s convoy escape death in motorcade accident
No fewer than 10 policemen of the Rapid Response Squad in Bauchi State’s Gov. Bala Mohammed motorcade were involved in a road accident on Monday. The accident occurred while Gov. Mohammed was inspecting a 60- kilometer Burga-Yelwan Duguri road project in Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area (LGA) currently being constructed by the state government. The…
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TRAGIC TUESDAY: Three Borno politicians in Zulum’s convoy die as vehicle somersaults
Three politicians accompanying Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, have died in an auto crash on their way back from Mafa, the governor’s hometown. The governor had returned to his local ward in Mafa on Tuesday from where he flagged off the membership revalidation exercise of the All Progressives Congress (APC). According to reports, the former…
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Bandits ambush police convoy in Kano, kill four officers, kidnap one
Four policemen have been killed and one officer kidnapped in an ambush on a police convoy by bandits along Birnin-Gwari Funtua Highway in Kano. Authorities say sixteen (16) officers were attacked in the ambush which happened on Friday, 15th January 2021. The officers who are personnel attached to Operation Puff Adder were deployed to Niger…
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#EndSARS: Pandemonium as hoodlums attack Oyetola’s convoy
Hoodlums on Saturday attacked vehicles in the convoy of Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, while he was talking to #EndSARS protesters in Osogbo, the state capital. The hoodlums vandalized some of the vehicles in the governor’s convoy as his security aides ferried him to safety after a pandemonium. The Senior Special Assistant to…
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Boko Haram launches another attack on Zulum’s convoy in broad daylight
Boko Haram terrorists on Sunday attacked Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum’s convoy again as he was returning from Baga to Maiduguri. According to reports, Zulum had departed Baga around 10:30am, as suspected Boko Haram terrorists were said to have opened fire on his convoy. It was gathered that military operatives engaged the terrorists in shootout…
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Photo: Zulum speaks after deadly Boko Haram attack on convoy
Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno decried the killing of eight policemen and three members of Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF), who were ambushed in Kukawa Local Government Area on Friday. Zulum lamentation is contained in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media and Strategies, Malam Isa Gusau, in Maiduguri on Saturday. The governor…
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Boko Haram: Police confirm death of officers, others in ‘heavy gun attack’ on Zulum’s convoy
The Borno State Police Command has confirmed the killing of its officers by suspected Boko Haram insurgents in the Baga area of the state. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that an ambush on the convoy of the Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Friday left about 30 persons dead. The governor’s convoy was said to have been…