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Kaduna: Armed bandits attack 18 Police officers, ransack Damari town in Birnin-Gwari

January 17, 2021January 17, 2021 Aminu Imam

A group, Birnin Gwari Emirate Progressives Union (BEPU) reported that the whereabouts of 18 Police Officers attacked along Birnin Gwari-Funtua road on Friday is unascertained. The eighteen Police Officers, who are on surveillance along Birnin Gwari-Funtua Road, were attacked on Friday. Although, as at the time of filing this report, the number of casualties could not ascertained, eyewitnesses feared that some of the Police officers were killed while others are said to be missing in the bush. Reports further stated that two Police have called via phone to inform home…

Security operatives kill several bandits in Kaduna village

January 17, 2021January 17, 2021 Aminu Imam

Security operatives on Saturday killed several bandits in Farin Ruwa and Kuduru areas of Birnin Gwari LGA of Kaduna State. This was contained in a statement by the State’s Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan. According to Aruwan, �Air platforms on Thursday conducted eight missions over identified bandit hideouts and other locations of interest around the State. �According to the operational feedback to the Kaduna State Government, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) flights were conducted over the Kaduna-Abuja highway, Akilbu and Barebari, where normal activities were…

Intelligence: ‘North-Central not co-operating with military’ – Defence HQ

January 16, 2021January 16, 2021 Aminu Imam

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ), yesterday said that the North-Central geo-political zone is not co-operating with the military in its effort to the zone of banditry, marauding herdsmen, kidnappers and other criminal elements. The Co-ordinator, Defence Media Operations (DMO), Maj-Gen. John Enenche, stated this while fielding questions from Defence correspondents at its weekly update in Abuja. �On information sharing, we receive limited extent in the North-Central, large extent in the North-West, and maybe averagely in the South-South and South-West operations. �In the South-West, we used to get good information, particularly regarding…

Gunmen kidnap 27 Kano traders enroute Abia

January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 Aminu Imam

Twenty-seven traders of the popular Kantin-Kwari textiles market, in Kano, have been reportedly kidnapped by gunmen on their way to Aba town, in Abia State. It was gathered that the traders were traveling to Aba to buy textile materials when they were abducted by gunmen on Sunday in Okene, Kogi State. The spokesman of the market, Mansur Haruna, who confirmed the incident, said however that not all of the 27 traders that are from Kantin-Kwari market. According to him, among the kidnapped traders, there were others from Kofar-Wambai, Sabon-Gari and…

Troops eliminate 50 bandits, recover rustled livestock in Katsina, Zamfara

January 11, 2021January 11, 2021 Aminu Imam

In continuation of aggressive clearance operation to stamp-out banditry in the North West zone, troops of ‘Operation Hadarin-Daji’ at the weekend successfully neutralised several armed bandits in Kuriya village, in Kauran-Namoda LGA of Zamfara State. According to a press statement issued by the Army, signed by its Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, John Enenche, “Following actionable intelligence, the gallant troops with close air support by the Air Component, made contact with bandits at Kuriya village. “In the course of the encounter, several bandits were killed in action while 4 soldiers sustained injuries.…

Kaduna: Bandits kill infants, travellers along Birnin-Gwari highway, abduct many

January 5, 2021January 5, 2021 Aminu Imam

Bandits have again attacked commuters in Birnin-Gwari local government area of Kaduna State. The Chairman of Birnin-Gwari Progressives Union, Salisu Haruna, revealed this in a statement issued yesterday. Haruna said the latest killing and abduction occurred on Sunday, when travellers were attacked at Zankoro, along the dreaded Birnin-Gwari-Kaduna highway; the victims were said to be on their way for a ceremony at Doka in Birnin-Gwari local government area. The assailants reportedly killed nine people, while shooting sporadically, including three infants and seriously wounding six others. The bandits also abducted an…

Kaduna: 19 Killed, nine injured in fresh attacks

January 4, 2021January 4, 2021 Aminu Imam

No fewer than nineteen people have been killed in fresh and reprisal attacks in Giwa local government area (LGA) of Kaduna State. The killings and counter-killings occurred at Kaya community, which shares a boundary with Hayin-Kaura village, in Dandume LGA of Katsina State. The State’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs in Kaduna, Samuel Aruwan, who confirmed the killings in a statement issued yesterday, disclosed that the gunmen, numbering about 50 and armed with AK-47 rifles, stormed Kaya town at about 6:30pm on Saturday and began shooting sporadically and…

Bandits kill chief Imam, two others in Kaduna communities

January 3, 2021January 3, 2021 Aminu Imam

Security personnel arrest five Three persons, including a cleric, have reportedly been killed in Kaduna, while security personnel have arrested five persons in connection with the murder. It was gathered that the armed bandits invaded Kawaran-Rafi village, of Igabi local government area of Kaduna State and killed the Chief Imam of the village, one Dan-Liman Isah. This was contained in a security update issued by the Commissioner for Internal security and Home affairs, Samuel Aruwan, yesterday. The statement said, �the bandits moved straight to Isah�s residence, and in what appears to…

�Camels being used to carry deadly weapons into Nigeria� � ACF raises alarm

January 1, 2021January 1, 2021 Aminu Imam

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has alleged that camels are being used to carry deadly weapons into the country. In a statement issued yesterday, the ACF National Chairman, Audu Ogbeh, said the weapons are imported from a neighbouring country through Sokoto and Zamfara States. The former minister of agriculture said some of the weapons being ferried into Nigeria include rocket propelled grenades, (RPGs), and anti-aircraft guns, adding that security operatives do not check the cargoes. He said, �At the last meeting of our National Executive Council, NEC, in October 2020,…

Bandits, kidnappers are ex-political thugs once armed by govs. to snatch ballot boxes � Report

December 28, 2020December 28, 2020 Aminu Imam

There are indications that some governors� political thugs who were engaged during elections in the country have transformed into bandits and kidnappers presently terrorising the country. According to reports, some governors in the country who were bent on attaining political success during the last general elections recruited young boys into their network and armed them with sophisticated weapons to do their bidding during the poll, which includes targeting perceived political opponents and the snatching of ballot boxes during elections. It was gathered that some governors had armed thugs for electoral purposes.…