Tag: Banditry

Kaduna: Five feared killed, 7 reported injured in fresh bandit attacks

Aminu Imam

Bandits have reportedly killed five persons at Manini village, near Kuriga, along the Birnin-Gwari-Kaduna highway of Kaduna State. This was contained in a statement issued by the chairman, ‘Birnin-Gwari Vanguards for Security and Good Governance’, Ibrahim Abubakar Nagwari, yesterday. The statement explained that two people were killed in Birnin-Gwari, one person in Kuriga and two others at Udawa villages. Also, two women and five others were reportedly injured during the attacks. “The terrorists also set ablaze a tanker conveying 33,000 litres of fuel to Birnin-Gwari at the same Manini area”.…

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Security operatives kill over 200 terrorists in Niger

Aminu Imam

Over 200 terrorists have been killed by security operatives in Niger State in the last four days. The Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Internal Security, Emmanuel Umar who made this known during a briefing on the security situation in the state said four bandits groups have been operating in the State. He said many terrorists had fled with bullet wounds, calling on the communities to continue to provide credible intelligence to enable authorities to win the ongoing war against insecurity. Umar gave the names of the bandit groups…

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Carnage in Sokoto, Niger, Kaduna as bandits kill farmers, seize survivors’ harvest

Aminu Imam

…Turn abducted women into sex slaves Killings, kidnappings, sex slavery and illegal taxation of farmers. These four issues would determine food security in Nigeria in 2022, findings have revealed. Farmers in the northern part of the country are already battling the challenges that have left them in a state of confusion. Majority now pay tax to bandits before accessing their farms while others have fled their communities. They are now refugees in other parts of the nation including Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Abuja. Speaking to newsmen, some of the farmers…

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Ganduje warns herders against banditry

Aminu Imam

…Says anyone caught will get death sentence Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, of Kano State, has warned herders in the State against banditry. Speaking at the launch of a state-wide mass vaccination for cattle and small ruminants, held in Kadawa, Garun-Mallam LGA of the State on Saturday, Ganduje, noted that his administration has provided modern alternatives to improve the businesses of herders. The Governor said any herder found involved in banditry would get the death sentence, while those involved in cattle rustling would be sentenced to life imprisonment. He said, “I call…

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“No local govt. in Nigeria under terrorists’ control'”– CDS

Aminu Imam

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor, has said that there is no local government area in Nigeria under the control of Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists. Irabor said this at the 21st Century Chronicle Roundtable, with the theme: “Going for Broke: Fighting Insecurity in Nigeria”, yesterday, in Abuja. He recalled that a state of emergency was imposed on several local governments in the North-East in the past, especially in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States. According to him, the measure taken at that…

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Abductors of Sokoto Councillor demand N60m ransom

Aminu Imam

The bandits who kidnapped nine persons, including a serving councillor of ‘Yar Tsakuwa, in Rabah local government area of Sokoto State, have demanded a ransom of N60 million. A resident, Nazifi Abdullahi, told newsmen that the bandits called the families of the abductees and asked them to raise the money. According to him, “When they (relatives of the abductees) asked for a discount, they switched off the phone. We don’t know how they can raise such an amount, because I know one of the abductees who find it difficult to…

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Katsina: Masari signs Executive Order banning political thuggery, other associated crimes

Aminu Imam

Governor Aminu Masari, of Katsina State, has signed an Executive Order towards tacking the security challenges in the State. The State’s Commissioner for Information and Culture, Yahaya Sirika, said this in an issued statement in Katsina yesterday, saying that the Order was in the exercise of the powers conferred on the governor by Section 176(2) of the1999 Constitution. Sirika said the Order, which took effect from Jan. 1st, banned all forms of political thuggery and associated crimes in the State. He further said that indiscriminate posting of political parties posters…

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Kaduna: Bandits invade residence of community leader, abduct wives, 4 daughters

Aminu Imam

Bandits have raided the residence of Sarkin Hausawa of Unguwar Azara, Malam Ibrahim Tanko, abducting his wives alongside his four daughters in Jere, along Abuja-Kaduna highway. Tanko, while confirming the incident to newsmen, gave the names of his kidnapped wives as Maimuna Ibrahim and Hauwa’u Ibrahim. He, however, added that Hauwa’u, who is his senior wife, was later set free when her captors discovered that she is suffering from high blood pressure. He said the bandits, who wielded sophisticated weapons, invaded his house around 11:52 pm on Tuesday, adding that…

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Kaduna Insecurity: Terrorists kidnap 22 in fresh attack

Aminu Imam

…Police arrest two Again, bandit-terrorists have invaded Idon community, in Kajuru local government area of Kaduna State, and kidnapped no fewer than 22 persons, with about four persons sustaining varying degrees of injuries during a sporadic shooting by the attackers in the early hours of yesterday. According to a credible source in the area, the bandits in their large numbers stormed the community at about 12.30 am and broke doors and windows, forcing their victims from their sleep before taking them away to an unknown destination. The source who preferred…

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Insecurity: States impoverishment policies, poverty fuelling insecurity in North-West zone – Ramalan

Aminu Imam

The Former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) Kaduna State Caucus, and Executive Chairman of ATAR Communications Nig Ltd, Founder/Owner of LibertyTV and FM Radio stations, Alhaji (Dr.) Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan, has identified poverty as the major factor fuelling the current insecurity in the States of Zamfara Sokoto, Katsina Kaduna, Kano, and Jigawa in the North-West zone. In an issued statement on Friday, the Party Chieftain and veteran broadcaster said any State government that failed to address the issues of poverty and continues with impoverishment policies on its rural…

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