Tag: Banditry

Oyo: 5 feared dead, as bandits storm National Park Service Office 

Aminu Imam
Oyo banditry

Bandits have attacked the National Park Service (NPS) office in Oloka, Orire local government area of Oyo State. The attack that happened on Tuesday night led to the death of five National Park Service officials. Police authorities in the South-Western state confirmed the incident yesterday. Although the spokesman for the Oyo State Police Command, Ayanlade Olayinka, confirmed the attack, he noted that security chiefs are currently en route to the affected area. “Yes, there was an attack by yet to be identified men against the men of the national park.…

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Adamawa: B’Haram attacks communities, kill 14 residents 

Aminu Imam
Adamawa B'Haram attacks

…Set ablaze shops, food stores Grief engulfed Zah and Mubang communities in Yadul, Garaha District of Hong LGA, Adamawa State, after suspected Boko Haram fighters launched yet another deadly attack, killing no fewer than 14 people and injuring two others. According to residents, the assailants stormed the villages at about 6:16pm on Monday, unleashing violence that claimed the lives of elders and youths.  This is as the terrorists set ablaze food stores and other properties. By Tuesday morning, the communities were counting their dead and lamenting a tragedy they say…

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Kano: Bandits abduct 7 in night attack on Gwarzo community

Aminu Imam
Kano banditry

Suspected bandits have attacked Zurum Mahauta, Gidan-Malam Sallau community, in Lakwaya village, Gwarzo LGA of Kano State, abducting seven residents. According to reports, the attack occurred at about 12:00 midnight on Sunday, according to local sources. A resident of the community who spoke to newsmen on condition of anonymity, said security operatives arrived shortly after the attack and pursued the assailants. “The gunmen came around midnight and abducted seven people. Soldiers later arrived and chased after them”, the source said. However, as of the time of filing this report, there…

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Sokoto: Bandits abduct bride, bridesmaids, 28 others before wedding

Aminu Imam
Sokoto bandits abduction

No fewer than 30 women and girls were reportedly abducted on Saturday night, when armed bandits attacked Chacho community in Wurno local government area of Sokoto State. It was gathered that one resident was injured during the attack, according to a post on X by security analyst, Bakatsine, on Sunday. According to the report, the assailants stormed the community under the cover of darkness and abducted scores of women and girls, including a bride and her bridesmaids, just hours before her scheduled wedding ceremony. The mass abduction adds to the…

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“Nigeria is failing on security” – Obasanjo warns; backs foreign intervention

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OBJ on failing security

…Tells FG to stop negotiating with terrorists Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has delivered one of his most forceful indictments yet of the Federal Government’s handling of insecurity, declaring that Nigeria’s persistent inability to protect its citizens now justifies seeking help from the international community. Speaking on Friday at the Plateau State Unity Christmas Carol and Praise Festival in Jos, the former president said the scale and frequency of killings, kidnappings and terror attacks show that the country’s security system has “failed woefully”, leaving citizens vulnerable and fearful. “Insecurity has been…

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Escalating Insecurity: “Banditry, terrorism in Northern Nigeria are self-inflicted” — ACF Chair

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ACF Chair on escalating insecurity

…Says ‘It’s time to declare a war situation’ The Chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Board of Trustees, (BoT), Bashir Ɗalhatu, has asked the Federal Government to declare a war situation in Nigeria in view of the unrelenting insecurity in the country. The ACF leader, who was answering questions during a television programme on Friday, stressed that the North as a region was overwhelmed by banditry and terrorism. “It is time for the Federal Government to declare a war situation,” he said as the government’s renewed onslaught against bandits…

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Bandits abduct 7 in fresh night raid on FCT community

Aminu Imam
FCT bandits abduction

Exactly one week after a police officer was shot dead in the Guto area of Bwari, bandits have launched yet another violent attack on the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), abducting six young girls and a 16-year-old boy during a night raid on Gidan-Bijimi, a settlement in Kawu ward on the fringes of Bwari Area Council. Kawu shares a boundary with Kaduna State, and lies close to the Gidan-Dogo and Kweti forests – areas long regarded as transit routes and hideouts for criminal gangs operating along the FCT–Kaduna corridor. Gidan-Bijimi itself…

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Kano: 10 kidnapped, as bandits shift operations after Katsina peace deal

Aminu Imam
Kano kidnapping

Armed bandits on Monday night abducted 10 people during coordinated attacks on Biresawa and Tsundu villages in Tsanyawa local government area of Kano State, heightening fears that criminal gangs are relocating their activities to previously safer border communities. The attackers, who reportedly came on foot around 10 p.m., stormed Biresawa and took five residents before moving to Tsundu, where they seized another five. Victims were mostly women and girls. Kabiru Usman, a relative of some of the abducted victims in Biresawa, said his wife, 17-year-old daughter, his brother’s wife, and…

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Kwara: Bandits kill 2 farmers, abduct 4 in fresh attack

Aminu Imam
Kwara fresh attack

‎Suspected bandits have launched another attack in Kwara State, abducting four rice farmers in Bokungi village, Edu local government area. This came barely 24 hours after gunmen attacked a church in Eruku, Ekiti LGA, killed two people and abducted some others. ‎ ‎Sources said that the latest incident occurred on Wednesday evening while the victims were working on their rice farms during the peak of the harvest season. ‎ ‎According to a community source, the attackers arrived suddenly and surrounded the farmers as they were gathering their harvested rice. ‎“It…

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“How I led 600 bandits to surrender” – Sheikh Gumi

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Gumion peace efforts

…Defends peace efforts Popular Islamic cleric, Sheikh Gumi has slammed critics calling for his arrest over his ongoing commentary on banditry and national security. In a statement on Facebook yesterday, Gumi described his opponents as “spineless, irresponsible and unpatriotic imbecilic people”, arguing that they prefer outrage over truth. “ARREST HIM!!! These are the only words some spineless, irresponsible and unpatriotic imbecilic people can utter,” he wrote, defending his mediation efforts with bandits aimed at securing peace. Sheikh Gumi recalled a January 2021 intervention in Sabon Garin Yadi forest, Kaduna State,…

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