Tag: Banditry

Kaduna: Bandits abduct 18 LG workers in Zaria

Aminu Imam

…As CNG threatens shutdown The Coalition of Northern Groups, (CNG), Kaduna State Students Wing, has reacted to Monday’s abduction of 18 Zaria Local Government staff, saying most of them are parents of their fellow students in higher institutions. It was gathered that the victims, who are majorly women, were abducted between Zaria and Giwa town on Monday. In an issued statement signed by its Kaduna State Coordinator, Jamilu Musa, the students warned that they would embark on a mass action to shut down Zaria if a visible action is not…

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Zamfara: Again, bandits attack community, kill 6, abduct many

Aminu Imam

Armed bandits have reportedly killed six persons and abducted many others during an attack in Rijiya village, in Gusau local government area of Zamfara State. A resident, Mustapha Ibrahim, told newsmen that the bandits stormed the community late Sunday afternoon. “They started shooting sporadically when they entered the community. I think they normally shoot to confuse residents and make them run in confusion. They killed six people during the shooting; we counted six dead bodies”, he stated. According to him, the bandits also went from house to house collecting food…

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Nigerian military arrests officer for helping bandits in NDA Kaduna attack

Aminu Imam

…NDA denies report The Nigerian military and intelligence services have uncovered one of the collaborators of the bandits’ attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy, (NDA). According to reports, the personnel is a member of the Nigerian Air Force, (NAF), named Sergeant Torsobo Solomon, currently attached to the Air Force Comprehensive School, Yola, Adamawa State. The reports, which was widely circulated on social media, and showed pictures of Sgt. Solomon boarding an aircraft meant to convey him from Yola to NDA ‘for further interrogation’, said the military announced that he was…

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‘Declare bandits terrorists’, Miyetti-Allah urges FG

Aminu Imam

The Bauchi chapter of the Fulani socio-cultural group, Miyetti-Allah Kautal Hore, has backed calls for the declaration of bandits as terrorists. Supporting the stance of the Senate, House of Representatives and Speakers House of Assemblies, who have made the call in the past, the association advised the Federal Government to do the needful to curb banditry. Its Bauchi State chairman, Sadiq Ibrahim Ahmad, who spoke with newsmen yesterday, said, ” As far as I am concerned, the nail must be hit on the head, who are the terrorists? Terrorists are…

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Sokoto: Bandits impose new district heads for Sabon-Birni villages

Aminu Imam

…Orders re-opening of mosques, weekly markets Sokoto bandits have started appointing and posting their members to head some villeges in Sabon-Birni local government area of Sokoto State. Investigations revealed that the bandits, suspected to belong to the camp of Turji, have posted a village leader for Gangara village, who was sent away after the insurgents invited the villagers to a meeting in Saturu village on Thursday, October 4. In attendance at the meeting were 5 Turji’s commanders, namely: ?an Ba??walo, Boka Tamis?e, Hassan ?an-?waro, Dogo as well as Jammu Ba?i.…

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Kaduna: Abductors of Baptist Church members demand foodstuff, ingredients

Aminu Imam

…Threaten to starve victims to death Abductors of 66 worshipers of Emmanuel Baptist Church, Kakkau Daji, situated in Chikun local government area of Kaduna State have established contact with the families of the victims. They demanded for foodstuff and ingredients to feed the victims. Recall that gunmen had stormed the church and kidnapped the worshipers. The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the abduction in a statement, earlier. A resident in the Kakau village, whose relative is among the kidnapped victims, told newsmen on…

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Niger: Gunmen kidnap 4 women in Suleja

Aminu Imam

The Niger State Police Command, yesterday, confirmed the abduction of four women by gunmen at Haske Dabara community, Agwan Gwari-Kwamba, of Suleja local government area of the State. An eyewitness said the gunmen entered the community at about 12.46 a.m. with gunshots that scared the residents. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Monday Kuryas, confirmed the incident in an interview with newsmen in Minna, the State capital. According to him, “It has happened at about 1 a.m. last night and already the anti-kidnapping team, the army and vigilante had…

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Unknown gunmen reportedly invade Abuja secondary school, abduct vice principal

Aminu Imam

Some unidentified gunmen have reportedly abducted the Vice Principal of Junior Secondary School, (JSS), Yebu, in Kwali Area Council of Abuja, in the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT). A teacher, who spoke under condition of anonymity, disclosed that the Vice-Principal, Mohammed Nuhu, was abducted after the kidnappers invaded the staff quarters brandishing sophisticated weaponry, According to the source, the incident happened on Saturday night. The source further explained that some of the kidnappers surrounded the quarters, while other members of the gang scaled the fence into the compound from where they…

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Katsina: Bandits kill Imam for resisting kidnap, as 23 victims regain freedom

Aminu Imam

Armed bandits have killed the Chief Imam of Sabon-Garin Bilbis Jumu’a mosque in Katsina State, for reportedly resisting their attempt to kidnap him. Malam Adam was killed on Monday morning on his farm on the outskirts of Sabon-Garin Bilbis, a town on the boundary between Zamfara and Katsina States, is in Faskari local government area of Katsina. An official of the mosque, Lawal Mamman, who announced the death of the Islamic cleric, said the bandits also kidnapped women working for Mamman on the farm during the attack. Mamman said the…

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Banditry: Task Force arrests over 1,000 suspects with 200 kegs of fuel in Zamfara

Aminu Imam

The Zamfara State Task Force committee on the activities of banditry has arrested over 1,000 suspects with 200 jerry cans of petrol in their possession across the State.  Speaking during an interview on Saturday in Gusau, the task Force committee chairman, Abubakar Dauran, said those arrested were arraigned before a mobile court set up in the State. According to him, those arrested with drugs and other prohibited items were handed over to security agencies for more investigation.  “The committee has arrested over one thousand suspects, some of them were arrested…

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