Tag: Banditry

Bandits kill 7, kidnap ten in fresh Kaduna attacks

Aminu Imam

At least seven people have been killed and ten others kidnapped in separate attacks carried out by bandits in Chikun, Kajuru and Giwa local government areas of Kaduna State. Among the victims were four persons, who were kidnapped and shot to death by the bandits at Sabon-Gayan community, in Chikun local government area, while another two were also killed at Iri Station, in Kajuru LGA. According to a resident of the area, the bandits stormed the community around 1:00 am with some sophisticated weapons and started shooting indiscriminately. He said…

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Bandits attack Gov Ganduje’s convoy

Aminu Imam

There was a gun duel between security operatives attached to the convoy of Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, and some heavily armed bandits along Shema in Katsina State on their way back to Kano from Zamfara State. Although Ganduje was not in the convoy, it came under attack by bandits who blocked Zamfara, Katsina and Kano Road, around Shema area, on Tuesday. Governor Ganduje was reportedly in Zamfara State to attend the formal defection of Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle, into the All Progressives Congress, (APC). However, after…

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Kaduna: Bandits kill driver, kidnap 33 people in Kachia

Aminu Imam

At least one person has been killed and 33 others abducted following an attack by bandits suspected to be kidnappers in Kachia local government area of Kaduna State. The incident, which occurred last night within the Kachia metropolis also left several people injured. According to an issued press statement by the State’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, the District Head of Kachia ward, Idris Suleiman confirmed the incident when security operatives, led by Aruwan, visited the area. Suleiman said the bandits in their large numbers invaded…

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‘Why we supplied bread to bandits, abducted varsity students in Kaduna forests’ – Baker

Aminu Imam

…”I made N70,000 daily”, says suspect Police operatives of the Force Intelligence Response Team (IRT) in Kaduna have discovered a bread bakery in the Galadimawa area of the State where thousands of loaves of bread are baked and supplied to the various camps of bandits scattered in several forests in the area.  The operatives also apprehended the brains behind the criminal enterprise. The suspects, identified as Hassan Magaji, Abubakar Ibrahim, Auwal Abubakar and Ibrahim Kabiru were picked up on June 8, while heading to Damari Forest to deliver loaves of…

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Breaking! Abducted Kebbi student shot dead

Aminu Imam

One of the students abducted from the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State, on Thursday has been shot dead during a gun duel between soldiers and the abductors. The Deputy Force Commander of the Joint Task Force in the North-West Zone, Air Commodore Abubakar AbdulKadir, confirmed this to reporters in Zamfara State on Friday. According to him, four students and a teacher were rescued during the operation. “In the early hours of this morning, we have come across the kidnappers. They came to our blocking point, and we engaged…

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Kebbi: Bandits invade FGC, Birnin-Yauri, abduct female students

Aminu Imam

…Police launches manhunt for abductors Armed men suspected to be bandits have invaded the Federal Government College, Birnin-Yauri, Kebbi State and abducted an unspecified number of female students. Details of the incident are still sketchy but according to reports, a security operative was shot dead during the operation. The attackers, who rode on motorcycles, were said to have stormed the school from neighbouring Rijau Forest in the early hours of yesterday. They were said to have overpowered the mobile policemen guarding the school. The Kebbi State Police Command said its…

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Just In! Bandits invade Kebbi school, abduct female students

Aminu Imam

Armed men suspected to be bandits have invaded the Federal Government College, Birnin-Yauri, Kebbi State and abducted a yet-to-be specified number of female students. Details of the incident are still sketchy but according to reports, a security operative was shot dead during the operation. The attackers, who rode on motorcycles, were said to have stormed the school from neighbouring Rijau Forest in the early hours of Thursday. They were said to have overpowered the mobile policemen guarding the school. The State’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Nafi’u Abubakar, is yet…

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Bandits abduct four months nursing mother, 8 others in Kaduna

Aminu Imam

Bandits have again invaded a village in Kakau community, in Chikun local government area of Kaduna State, and kidnapped no fewer than ten people including a nursing mother and her four months’ old baby. The bandits allegedly struck the area at about 2 a.m on Tuesday and started shooting sporadically into the air for about 30 minutes”, a source has stated. The source also stated that “Yesterday night, about 2-3, one could hear the continuous sound of gunfire about 30 minutes around Kakau, on the Abuja – Kaduna highway. In…

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Nigerian Air Force jet mistakenly bombs wedding guests in Niger

Aminu Imam

A Nigerian Air Force, (NAF), Alpha jet has reportedly shelled a wedding venue, killing some wedding guests during a ceremony at a remote community in Niger State.  According to reports, the airstrikes were targeting bandits and insurgents in the area. The airstrike, in which some armed bandits and cattle rustlers were killed took place at Genu town, in the State, a news blog reported on Saturday, adding that according to a witness, “one of the bombs allegedly strayed at a wedding party in an adjoining village. “We saw the small…

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Troops foil attack on secondary school in Kaduna – KDSG

Aminu Imam

…Says bandit neutralised The Kaduna State government says troops have prevented an attack on Prelude Comprehensive College, located in Kujama, Chikun LGA of the State. The State’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this in an issued statement on Saturday. The development comes hours after an attack on Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic in the state, which resulted in the death of one student, while 10 other persons were abducted. Aruwan, however, noted that the “bandits” attacked travellers on the Kaduna-Kachia road, resulting in three travellers sustaining gunshot…

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