Tag: Banditry

Zamfara: “I’ve no regret dialoguing with bandits” – Matawalle

Aminu Imam

Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle has said that negotiations are on-going with the son of a slain bandits’ leader, Buharin-Daji, and top leader bandits in Zamfara forest and they will soon lay down their arms. The governor said this when he received a Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmed Gumi, at the Government House, Gusau. Gumi has earlier met with bandits’ leaders to persuade them to embrace peace. Matawalle said the bandit’s decision to lay down his arms would be a turning point in the quest to bring back peace to…

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Top bandits leader reveals only way to end killings in Zamfara

Aminu Imam

The leader of bandits operating along Shinkafi-Sokoto Road, Zamfara State, Kachalla Turji, has stated that only reconciliation can end killings in the state. He stated this when receiving renowned Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Dr. Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi, on Tuesday. Gumi’s visit to the camps was to spread the message of Islam and peace to the Fulani herdsmen and rid the country of kidnappings and banditry. The renowned scholar and his entourage were said to have first gone to the forest of Tubali and Makkai in Shinkafi LGA which were under the…

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Over 30,000 people killed, 3 million rendered homeless by bandits – Don

Aminu Imam

The Vice-Chancellor, Federal University (FUGUS) Gusau, in Zamfara State, Professor Magaji Garba, has revealed that armed bandits operating in the North-West geopolitical zone of the country have killed over 30,000 and rendered more than 3million people homeless.  The V-C disclosed this during the 1st ‘National Conference on Armed banditry and National security in Nigeria’, which held on Tuesday, in Gusau, the state capital.  According to him, statistics have indicated how banditry and terror attacks has affected the entire North in particular and country in general. The National Conference, which was organised by…

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Banditry: ‘Wake up to your responsibilities’ — Obasanjo to Buhari

Aminu Imam

Ø  Urges youths to make it uncomfortable for old leaders to remain in govt.  Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed concern that banditry is happening in the North-West region of the country, where President Muhammadu Buhari hails from. The ex-president, who spoke on Sunday in a virtual interview with an academic and historian, Toyin Falola, asked the president to wake up and fight banditry and other sundry crimes especially in the northern part of the country. Speaking further, the ex-president said some governors are now in a state of hopelessness due…

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2 perish as soldiers kill several bandits in Kaduna

Aminu Imam

Two persons have been killed by bandits during an attack on Garawa village, of Fatika District in Giwa local government area of Kaduna State. This was confirmed by the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, yesteray, in Kaduna. The bandits were said to have killed one Alh. Sa’adu at his residence and kidnapped some indigenes of the community during the attack. According to him, bandits killed another local, Suleiman Audu, in Angwan Dan Yaya village of the same district. Aruwan noted that the assailants raided Doka village also…

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Kaduna govt. confirms neutralising bandits during air missions in four LGs

Aminu Imam

The Kaduna State government yestetday confirmed the killings of several bandits across four local government areas of the State. This was contained in an issued statement by Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan. He said, “Air platforms carried out several armed missions across identified locations spanning Birnin Gwari, Giwa, Igabi and Chikun local government areas. According to the operational feedback to the Kaduna State Government, areas covered were Kaduna-Birnin Gwari road, Buruku, Ungwar Yako, Udawa, Polewire, Crossing Point, Gagafada, Kugu, Kampani Doka, Gwaska, Goron Dutse and adjoining…

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Bandits abduct 50 in Niger State

Aminu Imam

Bandits have abducted no fewer than 50 people in an early morning attack on Bassa community in Shiroro local government area of Niger State. It was learnt that the bandits stormed the community in large numbers in motorcycles in the early hours of yesterday. According to reports, the people were getting set for the day’s activities, which became disrupted by the bandits, causing them to run into the bush for safety. The co-convener, ‘Concerned Shiroro Youths’, Sani Abubakar Kokki, who confirmed the attack, described the bandits as terrorists. He lamented…

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6 killed, five abducted as bandits displace 3,000 in Niger communities

Aminu Imam

Bandits attacked twelve villages and killed six persons, abducted five, while also displacing 3,000 others around Latin-Koro area of Paikoro local government area of Niger State. It was gathered that over 20 others were injured in the attacks, which started Saturday night up till Sunday morning. Some of the villagers who spoke after the attack said the bandits came to the area on motor-bikes and held everyone to hostage. A resident, Musa Abubakar, said, “Twenty persons were injured and have been rushed to the hospital in Kafin-Koro. Not less than…

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Insecurity: North under siege, Elders cry out

Aminu Imam
Northern Nigeria

…Say it‘ll take over 100 years for region to recover  Northern elders have alleged that the region is under siege by Boko Haram, bandits and kidnappers, asking President Muhammadu Buhari to device a new approach in restoring peace in the troubled area, as according to them, the situation has grounded all educational, economic and socio-political activities. Reiterating their position yesterday, under the auspices of ‘Coalition of Northern Elders for Peace and Development’, the elders claimed that it would take the region over a hundred years to recover from destruction, killings…

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“I started kidnapping people after my husband was killed in Zamfara”, Woman reveals

Aminu Imam

The Kano Police Command have nabbed a female kidnapper and two men for allegedly abducting a child of Galadanchi ward head, Ado Sunusi, in Gwale local government area of Kano. The Police arrested the driver at Beruit Road, in Kano, after they traced the car in which the boy was abducted. Through him, the woman’s whereabouts was revealed, and it was learnt that the woman is the gang leader. The Kano Police Command revealed that they surrounded a house in Jaba community of Ungogo local government area, where the suspected…

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