Tag: Banditry

Troops rescue 13 victims as bandits kill 2, destroy church in Kaduna village

Aminu Imam

Thirteen kidnapped persons were on Wednesday rescued by troops in Gwagwada, Chikun local government area of Kaduna State. According to reports, the victims, who hailed from Dutse, had gone to work at one Tanadi Farm, located around Bakin Kasuwa in Gwagwada suburb, in Chikun local government area, when they were abducted. The State’s Commissioner, Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, in a statement, explained that the victims were attacked by the armed bandits in the process. He said with credible intelligence, the troops trailed the bandits to a forest…

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‘Kidnapping, banditry not federal offences in Nigeria’ – Lai Mohammed

Aminu Imam

The Federal government says kidnapping and banditry are not federal offences in Nigeria. Addressing the media yesterday, the Information Minister, Lai Mohammed, made the comment in response to the statement on insecurity issued by the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP). “It is shocking that a Party that ruled this nation for all of 16 years does not know that kidnapping and banditry are not federal offences”, he said. The minister informed the Party to call out the States, including those being controlled by it, to ensure a rigorous prosecution of arrested…

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‘Bandits killed 323 people, abducted 949 in 3 months’– Kaduna govt.

Aminu Imam

A total number of 323 people were killed by bandits in Kaduna State between January and March 2021, the State government has said. The figure was contained in a security report presented by the State’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, at the State’s Security Council meeting. The State governor, Nasir el-Rufa’i presided over the meeting, which was held yesterday at the Government House in Kaduna, the State capital. Presenting the first quarter security report to the Council, Aruwan explained that, of the 323 people killed by…

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Identity of ruthless bandits’ leader holding 29 Kaduna students revealed

Aminu Imam

A notorious bandits’ leader, Buderi Isiya, has been revealed as the leader of the gang holding 29 students kidnapped from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State, According to intelligence sources, Isiya, who is in his late 20s, has a large contingent of fighters and great herds of cattle across Kaduna State. It was gathered that despite coordinating several kidnapping operations, Isiya has managed to remain evasive because of the sophisticated and deadly weapons his gang possesses, making him hard to reach. The wanted bandit is said to…

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Zamfara: ‘Repentant’ bandit who masterminded Kankara abduction returns to forest

Aminu Imam

Less than three months after his celebrated repentance, the bandit leader in Zamfara State, Auwal Daudawa, who became notorious after masterminding abduction of over 300 students in neighbouring Katsina State has reportedly gone back to the trenches. According to a security source and two other sources close to the bandits said that Daudawa has relocated to one of the forests, near the border with Katsina. The bandit is said to have coordinated the mass abduction of the students of Government Secondary School Kankara, on December 12, 2020, the first of…

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Banditry: Matawalle orders demolition of informants, arms suppliers’ houses

Aminu Imam

Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle, has directed security agencies to demolish the houses of informants and those supplying arms to bandits in the State. A press release signed by Yusuf Idris, the Director-General on Media to the governor, issued to newsmen in Gusau yesterday, said that the order was with immediate effect. Matawalle issued the order when Sokoto State governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, paid him a sympathy visit over recent bandit attacks on some communities in Zamfara, which left many people dead and several others displaced. Matawalle said serious punitive…

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Banditry: Matawalle orders demolition of informants, arms suppliers’ houses

Aminu Imam

Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle, has directed security agencies to henceforth demolish the houses of informants and those supplying arms to bandits in the state. A press release signed by Yusuf Idris, the Director-General on Media to the governor, issued to newsmen in Gusau on Wednesday, said that the order was with immediate effect. Matawalle issued the order when Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal paid him a sympathy visit over recent bandit attacks on some communities in Zamfara, which left many people dead and several others displaced. Matawalle said serious…

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Kaduna: Bandits release video of pregnant student, others abducted from Fed. Forestry College

Aminu Imam

…’Payment of ransom has not stopped attacks since 2014′ – El-Rufa’i Bandits have released a video of a pregnant student and others who were abducted from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, in Afaka, Kaduna State. Recall that the kidnapped students were abducted from their hostels in March. In the 4-minute and 56 seconds video, shot at night in an unknown location, a bandit was heard speaking in Hausa and later Fulfulde asking some of the students to come forward and speak to the camera. The pregnant girl, who the…

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Bandits unleash terror in Kaduna, kill worshipper, 7 others in different communities 

Aminu Imam

The Kaduna State government has condemned in the strongest terms the attack by armed bandits on a place of worship yesterday morning in Manini village, Chikun local government area of the State. This is contained in a statement by the State’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan. According to him, “Security agencies reported to the Government that armed bandits attacked congregants at Haske Baptist Church, Manini, at about 9:30am, and killed a worshipper, Zechariah Dogonyaro. According to the report, about four worshippers were abducted from the church.…

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Bandits kidnap 35 in Niger communities

Aminu Imam

Unknown bandits have kidnapped 35 people and injured others during an attack on Chiri, Gini and Fuka communities in Shiroro and Munya local government areas of Niger State.  This attack came barely 48 hours after the State’s Deputy Governor, Ahmed Ketso visited the IDPs camp in Gwada in Shiroro local government area and lamented that security issues in the State were overwhelming. According to a reports, the bandits invaded the communities on motorcycles on Saturday evening, shooting sporadically and causing villagers to flee into the forest for safety.  The Chairman…

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