Tag: Banditry

Kaduna: Bandit-terrorists kill 5, kidnap 17 in Birnin-Gwari community

Aminu Imam

Bandits are said to have killed five people and kidnapped 4 more in Dogon Dawa, Layin Mahuta, and Tabanni in Birnin-Gwari local government area of Kaduna State. This was disclosed in a statement issued yesterday, by the Chairman of the Birnin-Gwari Vanguard for Security and Good Governance, Ibrahim Abubakar Nagari, According to the statement, “On March 15, Haruna Tanko Dogon Dawa and two others were cruelly murdered in the eastern part of Birnin-Gwari by armed bandits, along with Dogon Dawa- Zaria. Eight other people were abducted on the same route.…

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Kaduna: 46 kidnapped in fresh attack

Aminu Imam

Unknown gunmen, suspected to be terrorists have reportedly invaded the Agunu Dutse community in Kachia local government area of Kaduna State and abducted 46 people, while one person sustained a gunshot injury. Confirming the tragic incident, a resident, identified as Philip John, said the terrorists invaded the community on foot in the early hours of yesterday, at about 1 am. According to him, the abductors came in large numbers and took seven vantage positions while shooting sporadically to scare the locals. He explained that the Community was two kilometres away…

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Residents, vigilantes, security forces kill 100 terrorists in Niger community

Aminu Imam

Residents, vigilantes, and Security Task Force have killed no fewer than 100 terrorists in Bangi community, situated in Mariga local government area of Niger State. According to reports, they killed the terrorists who invaded the community barely 48 hours after the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Nasko in Magama LGA, Umar Dakingari, was killed during an attack. It was gathered that the terrorists met stiff resistance when they tried to invade the community. Residents, who had heard about their advancement, were said to have informed the Police and vigilantes, leading…

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Kaduna Insecurity: Bandits invade mosque in Giwa LGA, abduct worshippers

Aminu Imam

Some worshippers were abducted when bandits attacked a mosque in Giwa local government area of Kaduna State. Sources told newsmen that the armed gang struck during evening (Isha’i) prayer, on Thursday. According to a resident, “They surrounded the mosque and abducted 14 people. They also carted away an unspecified number of cattle from Tudun-Amada village in, still in Giwa”. It was learnt that for a long time, bandits have been trying to invade the village, but the vigilante group in the area prevented them from gaining access. Speaking on the…

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Kaduna: Bandits kill three, abduct 2 women in Gonin-Gora

Aminu Imam

Bandits, in the early hours yesterday, invaded Fumigi Street, situated in Ungwan Galadima, Gonin Gora, Chikun local government area of Kaduna State, killing three people and abducting two women. The chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria, (CAN), Kaduna chapter, Rev. John Joseph Hayab, confirmed the incident to newsmen. He explained that the bandits operated for about an hour without any intervention by security operatives. He stated that those killed by the bandits are Aminu Bege and his son, as well as a neighbour. Another resident, who craved anonymity, explained that there…

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‘Enforce banditry proscription order’, Reps ask security agencies

Aminu Imam

The House of Representatives has called on security agencies to ensure the enforcement of the September 2021 Proscription Order published in the Official Gazette 108, declaring the activities of bandits and similar groups as terrorists and proscribed in any part of Nigeria. It also mandated the security agencies to rise up and stem the rising killing of innocent persons across Benue communities, especially those on the border with Nasarawa State. The House made the resolutions at plenary yesterday, when it unanimously adopted a Motion of Urgent Public Importance on: “Need…

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Kebbi: Again bandits kill 15 soldiers, burn patrol van in fresh attack

Aminu Imam

Barely 24 hours after armed bandits killed at least sixty-five local vigilantes in Sakaba villages, in Kebbi State and abducted an undisclosed number of civilians including a monarch of Ikara village, 15 soldiers have been reportedly killed in a fresh attack on another community. In a fresh attack in the early hours of yesterday, at Kanya village, under Danko/Wasagu local government area of Kebbi State, armed bandits again killed at least 15 soldiers and burnt their vehicles during the fresh attack. A resident, Abdullahi Sulaiman, told newsmen that “scores of…

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Kebbi: ‘Terrorist massacre of 63 vigilantes shocking’ – Buhari

Aminu Imam

…Says security forces must do more President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the killing of 63 vigilante members by terrorists in Kebbi State, saying security forces must do more. He described the killing as “the brutal murder of tens of vigilante members in Kebbi State by bandits, who ambushed them in the Sakaba/Wassagu local government area”. President Buhari, according to a statement issued by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, “this egregious level of criminality is shocking; I want to assure Nigerians that I will do all it takes to tackle…

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Kebbi: Bandits ambush, kill 62 vigilante members

Aminu Imam

Sixty-two members of a vigilante group, popularly known as ‘Yan Sa Kai, have been confirmed killed in an ambush at Anemi, in Sakaba local government area of Kebbi State. Chairman of the vigilante, Zuru Emirate, Usman Sani, a retired Warrant Officer, when contacted on phone on Monday, confirmed the incident. “A large number of bandits killed over 62 members of a joint operation of our ‘Yan Sa Kai members, in an ambush on Sunday night at Anemi, Sakaba LGA. They burnt 12 of our motorcycles. “The number of the casualties…

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Kaduna Insecurity: Three soldiers, 2 vigilantes arrested for kidnapping while collecting ransom

Aminu Imam

Two Nigerian soldiers, Sergeant Alhaji Oloche and CPL Namo Daniel, attached to the Operation Yaki security outfit in Kaduna State, have been arrested for alleged kidnapping. The ‘Operation Yaki’ team comprises operatives from the Police, Army, Air Force and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC). Also arrested was another soldier attached to Headquarters 1 Division of the Nigerian Army, PTE Danladi Hadau, along with two vigilantes, identified as Mustapha Kasim and Ibrahim Mohammed. They were accused of abducting a resident of Dorayi village in Zaria LGA of the…

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