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Ebonyi: Gunmen invade Divisional HQ, kill policeman, burn patrol vehicles

October 19, 2021October 19, 2021 Aminu Imam

One police officer has been killed and two patrol vehicles burnt following an attack on the Ohauku Divisional Headquarters of the Ebonyi State Police Command by suspected gunmen. The incident was said to have occurred on Sunday night but the police authorities reacted yesterday. The State’s Police Public Relations Officer, Loveth Odah, who confirmed the attack yesterday via a telephone conversation, said the officer died while being rushed to the hospital for medical attention after he sustained gunshot wounds. However, the Police spokesperson debunked some media reports that the gunmen…

‘Nigerian Air Force paid bandits N20m to avoid shooting down Buhari�s presidential jet’�- Report�

October 18, 2021October 18, 2021 Aminu Imam

…NAF denies making any payments In a desperate deal that was brokered as President Muhammadu Buhari was planning a trip to Katsina State, the Nigerian Air Force, (NAF), allegedly coordinated ransom payments to armed bandits in exchange for an anti-aircraft gun seized from the Nigerian Army, the Wall Street Journal has reported. According to the Journal, “N20 million was delivered to the bandits in Rugu Forest by a NAF official, who leaked details of the operation under anonymity because the military realised that it would be too risky to leave the weapon…

Orgy of killings in the nation: Over 2,000 killed in third quarter of 2021 – SBM Intel Report

October 13, 2021October 13, 2021 Aminu Imam

..495 in Zamfara, 306 in Niger In what appears to be a festival of killings, at least 2,287 people were killed in numerous violent attacks across the country between July and September 2021. The figure was released in a report by SBM Intelligence, a research organisation that compiles and analyses data about happenings in the country. The report was a compilation of media reports on killings in Nigeria in the third quarter of 2021. The violent incidents include those perpetrated by Boko Haram, militia herdsmen, gang clashes and bandits. The…

Insecurity: Kaduna bandits demand N50m for 3 kidnapped students of Kafanchan Seminary

October 13, 2021October 13, 2021 Aminu Imam

Some unknown gunmen who kidnapped three students of St. Albert the Great Institute of Philosophy in Kagoma Chiefdom, Jema�a local government area of the state, are demanding N50 million ransom to free them. An assistant to the chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, (CAN), J.F. Dabo, told newsmen yesterday, that the bandits have contacted the father of one of the three captives to make the demand. The Police Command�s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalige, had debunked earlier reports that scores of students were captured by the gunmen on…

‘FG not treating bandits with kid gloves’ – Lai Moh’d

October 6, 2021October 6, 2021 Aminu Imam

The Federal Government says it is erroneous and misleading the accusation in certain quarters that it is treating bandits with kid-gloves. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, stated this when he featured on a television programme yesterday. Speaking on renewed onslaught against bandit on the programme in Abuja, the minister equated banditry with criminality, with no basis on religion or ideology, saying the approach of the federal government through the military in treating criminals is not to make a distinction between bandits and terrorists. Mohammed said it is…

Kaduna GSM telecoms shutdown: ‘Bandits running out of ammunition’ – Sources�

October 4, 2021October 4, 2021 Aminu Imam

�Says they can’t contact their suppliers Following the shutdown of telecommunication services in Kaduna State on Wednesday, as part of measures to tackle insecurity, security forces have started gaining an upper hand on bandits who have held the State by the jugular. A competent security source told our correspondent that after a month of the military onslaught on bandits in Zamfara State, scores of the bandits had to flee parts of Kaduna State, such as Birnin Gwari, Giwa and the fringes of the Zaria axis. The security personnel said the…

Kidnapped Zamfara Speaker�s father dies in bandits� den

October 3, 2021October 3, 2021 Aminu Imam

�Police rescue his family members, 11 others The father of Zamfara State Speaker House of Assembly, Nasiru Mu’azu Magarya, Alhaji Mu’azu Abubakar, has been confirmed dead inside bandits� enclave. Alhaji Abubakar, who was kidnaped eight weeks ago along with his wife, three weeks old baby and three others was said to be dead in bandits’ captivity as a result of heart failure. The elder brother to the deceased, Dahiru Saraki Magarya, who was among those kidnapped two months ago, disclosed this to newsmen in an interview yesterday. They were said to have…

Bandits write Sokoto monarch, demand N20m ransom to free victims

October 2, 2021October 2, 2021 Aminu Imam

In the absence of telecommunications in some parts of Sokoto State, suspected bandits operating in the Eastern senatorial district of the State have allegedly written a letter to a monarch in Burkusuma, situated in Sabon-Birni local government area, demanding for ransom to secure the release of 20 persons who were kidnapped from two communities in the area. It was gathered that the bandits have resorted to sending letters to families of kidnapped victims since the shutdown of telecommunication Services in the area. The letter was allegedly written in Hausa language…

Insecurity: Senate urges President Buhari to declare bandits as terrorists

September 30, 2021September 30, 2021 Aminu Imam

The Nigerian Senate, yesterday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to declare bandits as terrorists, while also calling on the president to wage total war against the bandits. The Senate, which made the call in a resolution following a motion by Senator Ibrahim Abdullahi Gobir (Sokoto-East) and eight others, also asked Buhari to declare all the known leadership of the bandits wanted and track them wherever they are for arrest and prosecution. Gobir had noted that Sokoto-East Senatorial District has now become a safe haven for bandits due to the current onslaught…

Southern Kaduna banditry: “If I open up on what I know, heads will roll” � Senator La�ah

September 28, 2021September 28, 2021 Aminu Imam

The Senator representing Kaduna-South senatorial district, Danjuma La�ah, has disclosed reasons he wept on different occasions on the floor of the Red Chamber while presenting motions on banditry attacks in his constituency. According to the lawmaker, the activities of bandits in Southern Kaduna, in the thinking of some of his fellow Senators at that time looked like a Southern Kaduna issue alone, pointing out that if he opens up on what he knows about banditry, heads will roll. Speaking on the development in his senatorial district, the lawmaker recalled how…