Tag: Banditry

Kaduna Insecurity: Terrorists raid Late Emir’s residence, kidnap five

Aminu Imam

Terrorists have reportedly raided the late Emir of Jere, Dr. Sa’ad Usman’s private residence in the Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State and abducted some persons. The attack reportedly took place on Sunday, at 11:00 pm as residents were set to go to bed. A resident in the area, Musa Arungo, said a man, Hussaini, was abducted while his wife and four-month-old baby escaped while the attackers were in a neighbouring house. According to him, the bandits entered a nearby community, Unguwar Salanke and abducted another resident, identified as…

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Bauchi: How bandits set people ablaze, burnt houses and foodstuff

Aminu Imam

Residents of Rimi and Bagwas, farming communities in Yelwan-Duguri and Gwana Districts of Alkaleri local government area of Bauchi State have nothing but stories of horror to tell following the invasion of bandits in their community in December 2022. Reports indicate that 12 residents were brutally killed in Rimi, while eight lost their lives in Bagwas in the attacks by bandits. According to newsmen who visited the area, virtually all residents have deserted the two villages and fled to neighboring Plateau, Taraba and Yobe States. The report said two communities…

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Banditry: “Defend yourselves from attacks”, Bauchi Gov. tells fleeing residents

Aminu Imam

In the wake of a series of reprisal attacks on the villages surrounding Duguri District of Alkaleri LGA, in Bauchi State, the State governor, Bala Mohammed Abdulkadir, has charged the fleeing residents to henceforth rise up, take up arms and defend themselves. Recall that no fewer than 20 people have been killed by terrorists in the State in what appears to be reprisal attacks. Several people were wounded and many villagers deserted their communities in the district. Recently, the State Police Command, in collaboration with local vigilantes, stormed the forest…

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Niger: Residents flee villages as bandits gang-rape pregnant woman to death

Aminu Imam

For failure to meet up deadline for the payment of the N2m levy imposed on some villages in Shiroro local government area of Niger State by terrorists before harvesting their farm produce, residents of the communities have fled their residences, just as a pregnant woman was gang-raped to death while fleeing the area. Her three children were also unlucky, as they were marched into the bush along with several other villagers abducted by the terrorists. The incident occurred in Dnakundna village, in Shiroro local government area of the State on…

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Police arrest terrorist, recover four AK-47 rifles in Kaduna

Aminu Imam

The Police Command in Kaduna State, said its operatives have arrested a bandit/gun runner and recovered four AK-47 rifles with 344 rounds of ammunition and his operational motorcycle in Kaduna. The Command Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Muhammad Jalige, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued Sunday in the State capital. Jalige said the renewed vigour and commitment of officers and men of the Command in ensuring total compliance with the directive for domination of public space during the festive period and beyond, had started yielding positive results. He explained…

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Insecurity: 28 persons killed in fresh Southern Kaduna attacks

Aminu Imam

Over 28 persons have reportedly been killed in fresh attacks on Southern Kaduna, on Sunday. The attacks, it was gathered, took place in Malagum-1 and Sokwong communities of Kagoro Chiefdom in the Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Council Chairman, Mathias Siman, the Kaura local government council chairman, while confirming the incident yesterday, said he could only confirm seven people were gruesomely killed in Sokwong Community. The Sunday attacks come about five days after about three persons were killed by unknown gunmen in Malagum-1 village. The council chairman…

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Kaduna: Ansaru terrorists operate as another govt in Birnin-Gwari, collect levies from residents – Abdurra’uf

Aminu Imam

Senior Councillor of the Birnin-Gwari Emirate, Kaduna State Zubair Abdurra’uf, has warned that Ansaru terrorist group has taken over the local government, noting that it’s unlikely that the election will be held there. Abdurra’uf, who spoke on a television programme yesterday, said the terrorists have established another government in the area and now tax helpless residents. He said the splinter group of notorious Boko Haram terrorist group came into Birnin-Gwari over 12 years ago under the guise of teaching the people Islamic knowledge but later turned to insurgents with abhorrence…

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Insecurity: Panic, as gunmen kill one, kidnap corps member, seven others in Abuja

Aminu Imam

Gunmen attacked Arab Road Extension-2, in the Kubwa district of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Tuesday night, killing one, leaving one unconscious, and abducting a serving youth corps member, one Adenike, and seven others in the process. It was gathered that Miss Adenike, who is the only daughter of her parents, was abducted when the bandits stormed some buildings along the Arab Road, shooting sporadically and whisking away any resident they could lay their hands on. Two persons were said to have been hit by the gunshots resulting in…

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DSS vows to deal ruthlessly with terrorists, bandits in Nigeria

Aminu Imam

The Department of State Security (DSS) yesterday vowed to deal ruthlessly with terrorists, bandits and other enemies of State threatening the peace of Nigeria. The Director-General of the DSS, Yusuf Bichi, issued the warning at the weekend, during the graduation ceremony held in honour of participants of the Executive Intelligence Management Course, EIMC15, at the National Institute for Security Studies, (NISS) Abuja. It warned those planning to “mess up the country” to desist from doing so, saying “enough is enough, as any group that attacks personnel of the agency would…

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Insecurity: Terrorists demand N20m for 20 kidnapped children in Niger

Aminu Imam

Terrorists have kidnapped 20 children, including males and females, in Niger State. According to reports, they were abducted in Kusherki village, in Rafi local government area of the State. They were said to have been in captivity for the past three weeks. The terrorists, according to reports, are demanding for N20 million for their release. There has been a spike in kidnapping, banditry and other forms of criminalities across the country for months on end. Last week over 20 children were abducted in Katsina State while working on a farm;…

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