Tag: Banditry

Five killed, 9 houses burnt, one vehicle vandalised in fresh Kaduna attack

Aminu Imam

Some bandits have reportedly invaded Madamai village, situated in Kagoro Chiefdom, Kaura local government area of Kaduna State, killing five persons. According to the State’s Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, who confirmed the attack, said in a statement yesterday, said the bandits also razed nine houses to the ground, while one vehicle was completely vandalised. The Commissioner listed the names of those killed by the hoodlums as Janet Yakubu, Gambo Yakubu, Jonathan Adamu, Mrs. Monday as well as Humphrey Barnabas. He said the Acting Governor of…

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Black Saturday: Police confirm 22 dead in Plateau attack

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The Plateau State Police Command has confirmed 22 people killed in Saturday’s attack on commuters around Rukuba Road in Jos-North local government area. Suspected Christian militias reportedly opened fire on a convoy of Muslim faithful in the area, with 22 killed of the 90 people journeying. The State Police Command’s spokesman, Ubah Ogaba, in a statement, said at about 08:28 am, the Plateau State Police Command received a distress call that a group of attackers suspected to be Irigwe youths, predominantly Christians, attacked a convoy of five buses conveying some…

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Bandits gun down 8 farmers in Kaduna

Aminu Imam

Bandits have killed eight farmers in Buruku and Udaw?a villages, in Chikun local government area of Kaduna State. According to reports, the victims were attacked while working on their farmland. The two villages, located along Kaduna-Birnin Gwari highway, have been under constant attacks. A resident of the area and a community leader, Muhammed Umar, confirmed the attacks to newsmen yesterday. “Five farmers were killed in Buruku, while three were killed in Udawa. We are tired of burying our men daily; we need help”, he said. When contacted, the State Police…

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Just In: Hoodlums attack travellers along Jos-Zaria road, kill 22

Aminu Imam

Hoodlums have intercepted five 18-seater buses loaded with travellers at the Gada-biyu area of Jos-Zaria road in Jos-North local government area of Plateau State. According to reports, the attack, which occurred at 10 am on Saturday, left at least 22 people dead and many others injured. It was gathered that the travellers were ambushed while coming back from an Islamic New Year prayers, organised by a renowned cleric, Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi, in Bauchi State. Witnesses said the travellers, numbering about 80, ran helter-skelter into the bush as the attackers descended…

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Insurgency: 156 bandits killed, 64 arrested, notorious commander, Amir Adamu, 1,000 others surrender to troops in 2 weeks – DHQ

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The Defence Headquarters, (DHQ), has said that Nigerian troops killed 156 terrorists and bandits as well as arrested 64 while over 1000 Boko Haram terrorists/Islamic State West Africa Province, (ISWAP), surrendered in Borno State. The acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig-Gen. Benard Onyeuko, stated this during the bi-weekly update on the Armed Forces of Nigeria’s operations covering July 29 to August 12, 2021, across the country. Among those who reportedly surrendered to the troops of ‘Operation Hadin Kai‘ in the Gwoza LGA of the State, include a brutal commander of…

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Zamfara: Bandits attack another ex-Councillor, kills him

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A former councilor of Sabon Gida Ward, Hon. Farouq Hassan, has been killed by unidentified gunmen suspected to be bandits few minutes after he arrived at his home on Wednesday night. It was gathered that the bandits stormed his house with sophisticated weapons in two vehicles, which they had used to trail the 38-year-old politician. According to a family source, the gunmen asked Hassan to turn his back before he was shot twice in the head. None of his family members or neighbours were abducted in the attack. The incident…

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’70 terrorists killed’ as NAF jets fire rockets at bandits’ camps in Niger

Aminu Imam

Sustained operations by the air and ground component of Operation Gama Aiki, OPGA, continue to yield tangible results as dozens of terrorists were killed in recent operations in their hideouts. It was gathered that following credible intelligence on the location of bandits’ camps at Jasuwan Garba-Urege axis in Niger State, the air component of OPGA conducted intensive air interdiction of the identified camps using a formation of Agusta 109 and EC 135 helicopter gunships to effectively decimate the camps. A senior military officer involved in the operation said the aircraft…

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Abductors of Niger commissioner demand N500 million ransom

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The abductors of the Niger State Commissioner for Information, Idris Sani Mohammed, are said to have established contact with his family, demanding N500 million in ransom for his release. The abductors reportedly crossed the border of the State with Commissioner Mohammed, who they reportedly abducted on Sunday, to an unknown destination. Although there was no official update from the State government on the incident apart from the confirmation by the Secretary to the State Government, Ahmed Matane, on the abduction, the government conducted an extensive security meeting at Government House, in Minna,…

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Bandits abandon 16 abducted travellers, bikes and bus  on sighting NAF fighter jet in Zamfara 

Aminu Imam

The Nigerian Air Force, (NAF) on Saturday foiled an attempt by bandits to kidnap 16 persons about 19.5 nautical miles South West of Gusau town, precisely between Magami and Tofa, Zamfara State. Sources said that the “successful deterrent” of the abduction of the 16 occured as the NAF Alpha jet on a routine reconnaissance mission under ‘Operation Hadarin Daji‘ sighted “suspected bandits on five motorcycles who had blocked Magami-Gusau road in an ongoing attempt at kidnapping commuters.” The aircraft also saw four empty vehicles including two Golf Volkswagen sedans in grey…

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Banditry, kidnapping: “You’ve failed in providing security” – ADP Chairman tells FG

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..Says it should hire foreign mercenaries  The National Chairman of the Action Democratic Party, (ADP), Alh. Yabagi Yusuf Sani, has suggested that the Nigerian government could use mercenaries in its fight against insecurity since the problems appeared to overwhelm the nation’s military and security outfits. Yabagi Sani, who was the Presidential candidate of the ADP in 2023, spoke in an interview with journalists in Kaduna weekend. Baring his mind regarding the solution to insecurity, Yabagi Yusuf Sani said “insecurity needs an intelligent approach that you must first all accept that…

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