Banditry Archives - Page 30 of 71

Insecurity: Terrorists continue onslaught in Katsina

August 29, 2022August 29, 2022 Aminu Imam

…Abduct children, gun down parents Terrorists have continued to make life a hell for residents of Katsina State, staging multiple attacks across the State in the last 72 hours. In attacks between Thursday and Saturday, some children were abducted while their parents were killed. On Saturday night, terrorists numbering about 20 reportedly invaded Bakori communities, where they abducted seven family members of one Muntari Samuru, who was inflicted with a machete cut. The attack, according to one Mohammed Sani, was carried out at about 8:15 pm when most people were…

Bandits kidnap senior police intelligence officers on Abuja highway�

August 28, 2022August 28, 2022 Aminu Imam

Armed bandits have abducted two senior police intelligence officers who were travelling along the highway between Abuja and Kogi State during the week, according to sources. The officers were reportedly seized while on a reconnaissance mission in Kogi, where violent insurgents have claimed responsibility for killings and abductions in recent weeks. The officers were said to be on a critical investigation assignment to Kogi when they were seized by bandits on August 23, but the Police leadership allegedly hushed the crisis to avoid another public agitation over the country�s insecurity. According…

Insecurity: Terrorists�force residents of 8 villages to flee in Kebbi

August 21, 2022August 21, 2022 Aminu Imam

No fewer than eight villages in Augie local government area of Kebbi State have been deserted due to attacks by bandit-terrorists. According to reports, the villages are Zagi, Tungar-Rafi, Tungar-Tudu, Keke, Kwaido, Sabongarin Kwaido, Tungar-Chichira and Tattazai. Residents of the villages were said to have moved out in droves after bandits attacked Zagi on Wednesday night. The attack was said to have left three people dead, many injured and 15 others abducted. The Village Head of Zagi, Muhammadu Lawwali-Sule, said the bandits stormed the village at about midnight. According to…

Southern Kaduna: Bandits displaced residents of 148 communities – LP guber candidate

August 18, 2022August 18, 2022 Aminu Imam

The Kaduna State governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Jonathan Asake, has said that residents, comprising no fewer than 148 communities in Southern Kaduna, have been displaced by bandits. He said these in a published interview on Monday while reacting to a comment by Kaduna State Governor, Nasir Ahmed el-Rufa’i, that the terrorists have formed a parallel government in the State. Asake, who is the erstwhile President of Southern Kaduna People Union, (SOKAPU), also disclosed that he had been visiting the communities destroyed and plundered by bandits-terrorists in the…

Zamfara: Governor Matawalle approves death penalty for bandits, kidnappers, cultists

August 17, 2022August 17, 2022 Aminu Imam

…Bars political activities, rallies Zamfara State Governor, Mohammed Bello Matawalle, has signed into law the anti-banditry Bill, which proposes the death penalty for those found guilty of banditry, kidnappings and other related offences, as part of his administration�s efforts to end insecurity in the State. Matawalle, in a live broadcast in Gusau, the State capital, said the death penalty for criminals is contained in the Prohibition and Punishment for Banditry, Cattle Rustling, Cultism, Kidnapping and Other Incidental Offences, 2022 Act, which he signed on June 28, 2022. Based on the…

Insecurity: Bandits kill 16, abduct several others in Taraba communities

August 14, 2022August 14, 2022 Aminu Imam

No fewer than sixteen persons in different communities of Taraba State have been killed by gunmen. According to reports, the bandits stormed the communities in their numbers at the weekend and whisked away several persons. The communities invaded by the attackers are Gidado and Garinkuka villages in Gunduma district, of Mutum-Biyu chiefdom, in Gassol local government area. A staff of the local government council, who gave his name as Abdullahi Chul, said the attackers who invaded the communities in their numbers, accessed the villages with motorbikes. Chul said the attackers,…

Kaduna: ‘Boko Haram plots to destroy critical electricity infrastructures’ – El-Rufa’i tells Buhari

August 13, 2022August 13, 2022 Aminu Imam

…Says N’West at risk of �total darkness� Boko Haram terrorists based in parts of Kaduna and Niger states have a �definite� plot to destroy critical electricity infrastructure supplying the North-West region, Governor Nasir El-Rufa’i wrote in his late July letter to President Muhammadu Buhari. The governor�s statement is believed to be the first known official confirmation of Boko Haram�s presence in Kaduna State. He said that the �total darkness� threat fits the violent extremists� agenda of further crumbling the socio-economic life of the region. Thousands have been killed, tens of…

Bandits-held territories:�”Election may not hold in Kaduna, and some North-West States” � University Don

August 9, 2022August 9, 2022 Aminu Imam

A university don and the Director, Centre for Democratic Development Research and Training, Zaria, Prof. Abubakar Siddique Mohammed, has warned that election may not hold in some North-Western States due to the emergence of a group deadlier than bandits. According to him, the group, operating around Birnin-Gwari axis in Kaduna State, and Dandume in Katsina State, has already started propagating its ideologies and controlling part of its territory. Mohammed made the comment while speaking at the annual public lecture to commemorate the 72nd anniversary of Northern Elements Progressive Union (NEPU),…

Kaduna Train Abduction: Why bandits hold captives after FG released 30 imprisoned terrorists � Sources

August 8, 2022August 8, 2022 Aminu Imam

The Federal Government is upset that many victims of the Abuja-Kaduna-bound train attack in March this year are still being kept by terrorists who kidnapped them, multiple sources have said. The FG’s discomfort stems from the terrorists� failure to honour the swap deal they allegedly entered into with it over the release of the train attack captives. According to reports, the government�s anger followed the refusal of the abductors to release all the train attack victims after it had freed no fewer than 30 imprisoned terrorists the bandits had requested…

Insecurity: Terrorists abduct 14 Indians, kill six in Kogi

August 7, 2022August 7, 2022 Aminu Imam

Bandits have reportedly abducted 14 Indian nationals in Ajaokuta LGA of Kogi State. It was gathered that two Indians, two police officers and two drivers were killed when the gunmen struck. The incident reportedly happened around 9:00 pm, on Friday. �They were on their way home from work (West African Ceramics) when the gunmen attacked their Coaster bus yesterday (Friday) night�, a resident of the area said. �Their bus was ambushed by these gunmen. They were able to kidnap 14 Indians. Two police officers providing security to them were also…