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Katsina: �Defend yourselves against bandits� – Cleric tells communities�

September 24, 2023September 24, 2023 Aminu Imam

A Katsina-based cleric, Sheikh Musa Ibrahim Faskari, has advised communities ravaged by banditry to take up arms and defend themselves. In a Friday sermon that went viral on social media, the Islamic scholar said Islam encouraged people who were being attacked and killed to take arms and defend themselves. According to him, communities were allowed to take up arms in order to defend five things: religion, lives, wealth, dignity and family. He further said, �We have seen how our towns and villages are full with security agents; but we are…

Bandits kill 4, abduct scores in Niger

September 21, 2023September 21, 2023 Aminu Imam

Bandits have again attacked Pandogari, in Rafi local government area of Niger State, killing four people and abducting scores. It was gathered that the bandits attacked the town shooting sporadically to inflict fear before abducting innocent people in the community. According to one of the members of the community, Alfa Ibrahim, the bandits attacked the community through Ma?era road via the highway leading to Birnin-Gwari local government area of Kaduna State. He narrated that they came on nine motorcycles, carrying two or three people each as they shot at innocent people. It…

Kaduna: Bandits kill 2, abduct three others in village attack

September 17, 2023September 17, 2023 Aminu Imam

Suspected bandits have raided the Dogon Noma village, in the Kajuru local government area of Kaduna State, killing no fewer than two locals, and kidnapping three others. The bandits, it was gathered, took away six motorcycles after the attack to an unknown destination. A source said the bandits stormed the community in the early hours of Friday, shooting indiscriminately at the villagers, killing two during the attack. According to the source, the villagers raised the alarm, but there was no help in good time. He, however, said security operatives arrived…

Four killed, 18 abducted, as bandits attack Sokoto village

September 15, 2023September 15, 2023 Aminu Imam

Suspected terrorists have killed four persons and abducted 18 others in an attack on Giyawa village, Goronyo local government area of Sokoto State. The Sokoto State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Ahmed Rufa�i, confirmed to newsmen that 18 people were initially abducted by the assailants who carted away livestock and other valuables. According to him, seven of the abducted victims later escaped and returned to their community where many residents have fled for safety. Although other sources from the affected community claimed that over thirty persons were abducted, police maintained that…

Insecurity: �Influx of bandits are invading our lands� – North-East Govs. cry out

September 11, 2023September 11, 2023 Aminu Imam

The North East Governors� Forum (NEGF) has raised concern over the influx of bandits in some states in the sub-region. The concern is contained in a communique issued at the just-concluded 8th meeting of the forum in Maiduguri, Borno State. The Forum, which called for the Federal Government�s urgent intervention, said the bandits were those flushed by the military in other parts of the country, who were now moving towards the sub-region, particularly Bauchi, Gombe and Taraba States. �While acknowledging the relative success recorded against insurgency, a new dimension of…

Kaduna: Gov. Uba Sani vows to track down perpetrators of recent Zangon-Kataf LGA attack

September 9, 2023 Aminu Imam

Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, has condemned in the strongest possible terms the recent attack on the Fadan-Kamantan Parish – Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan, located in Zangon-Kataf local government area of Kaduna State. Recall that suspected bandits stormed St. Raphael Catholic Church in Fadan-Kamantan, Zangon-Kataf LGA, set the parish house ablaze, killing the seminarian, Bro. Naam Stephen Ngofe Danlami. It was learnt that while some priests escaped during the incident, Danlami was caught in the inferno. His remains had since been deposited in the mortuary. Expressing outrage at the…

Niger: �Bandits have forced farmers to flee� � Gov. Bago raises alarm

August 18, 2023August 18, 2023 Aminu Imam

Niger State Governor Umar Muhammed Bago has lamented the state�s criminal activities, which include bandits, cattle rustlers, and illegal miners, among other things. Farmers, he claims, have been hit the hardest, with many abandoning their farms out of fear of being attacked. According to an issued press statement, signed by the Corps� spokesman, Babawale Afolabi, on Wednesday, the governor revealed this when the Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC), Dr. Ahmed Abubakar Audi paid him a visit on Tuesday. Niger State is referred to as food…

Insecurity: Terrorists abduct 25 persons in Katsina

August 16, 2023August 16, 2023 Aminu Imam

Daredevil terrorists have abducted 25 persons that include women and children, and injured scores of others during different operations in four local government areas of Katsina State. According to sources in Batsari council area, on Sunday night, at about 9:00 pm, the marauders abducted 20 persons in Madogara community, most of whom were peasant farmers. The sources however said that one of those abducted managed to escape after he vigorously fought one of the terrorists that was holding onto him. It was learnt that the victim sustained injuries from machetes used…

Gunmen kidnap Emir, wife in Nasarawa

August 8, 2023August 8, 2023 Aminu Imam

Heavily armed men suspected to be kidnappers on Sunday night, abducted the King of Gurku community in the Karu local government area of Nasarawa State, HRH Jibril Mamman Waziri, alongside his wife, Hajiya Sa�adatu Waziri. After their abduction in the palace, which is located around mountains in the area, the gunmen took the First-Class Royal father and his wife to an unknown destination. A resident of the community, who pleaded anonymity, told newsmen that the incident happened at about 10 pm, when many other residents had gone to bed in…

Kaduna: 6 feared dead, as suspected bandits kidnap 40 farmers in Birnin-Gwari

July 31, 2023July 31, 2023 Aminu Imam

At least six people have been reportedly killed and 40 others abducted by bandits in the Birnin-Gwari local government area (LGA) of Kaduna State. Although the police and the Kaduna State Government have yet to comment on the incident, the Chairman of Birnin-Gwari Emirate Progressives Union (BEPU), Is�haq Usman Kasai, said in a statement on Saturday that the attack occurred between Wednesday and Thursday this week. Kasai explained that all six victims were farmers, including the Vice Chairman of the Jama�atul Izalatul Bid�ah Wa Iqamatus-Sunnah, Yakubu Muhammad Bugai. He further…