Kaduna Lawmaker, killed by bandits, laid to rest in Zaria

The remains of late Rilwanu Gadagau, a member of the Kaduna House of Assembly, who was shot dead by gunmen along the Kaduna-Zaria Highway, have been laid to rest in Zaria. Malam Muhammad-Sani Gummi, Chief Imam, Kongo Central Mosque led the funeral prayers in Zaria on Wednesday. The funeral was attended by Governor Nasir el-Rufai, Speaker Kaduna State House of Assembly, Hon. Yusuf Zailani, and other top government functionaries. The speaker was represented by the Majority Leader of the Assembly, Mohammed Dan-Asabe. Late Gadagau, who represented Giwa Constituency of Kaduna,…

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Katsina: Gov. Aminu Masari accuses FG of allowing release of bandits, Boko Haram members through courts

Katsina State governor, Aminu Bello Masari, has faulted the release of suspected bandits, rapists, and other criminals by the courts. According to him, We are in an unusual time of serious security challenges and must therefore put heads together to address these unusual challenges. We have had incidents where suspected bandits, terrorists, armed robbers, and rapists were released on bail only for them to commit the same offence. Such ugly incidents could have been averted if bail was not granted at all. The overriding objective of every legal system, he…

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Banditry: 18 kidnapped, 5 escaped in Kaduna

Bandits kidnapped 18 persons light when they invaded Keke community close to the millennium city in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. However, 5 of the abducted 18, escaped while being herded along bush paths into the forest. One of the escapees, Engineer Usman Ibrahim said the kidnappers came into the community in the late hours of Monday evening while it was raining and moved from one house to another, apprehending them. According to him, eighteen of them including women and children were among the kidnapped. He said he…

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Kaduna: 9 killed as rival bandits fight over ransom sharing

The Kaduna State government, yesterday, said that two groups of bandits in Giwa Local Government Area of the State engaged each other in a gun duel over sharing of ransom, during which nine were killed. This was disclosed by the Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan. He said credible human intelligence networks informed the government of the development, which was further corroborated by security agencies. According to him, intelligence sources had reported that a notorious bandit, known as Godon Mota, stormed Garke village  Wednesday last week…

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NSCDC captures notorious bandit, Galaduma in Sokoto

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC), has captured and arrested a wanted notorious bandit, Bello Galaduma, in Sokoto State. According to the NSCDC’s Director, Public Relations, DCC Olusola Odumosu, in Abuja, the 40yr-old suspected bandit, who had been on the wanted list of security agencies for more than two years running, was arrested by the NSCDC Sokoto State Command. The NSCDC further stated that, “Galaduma specialises in liaising with kidnappers by giving them information of persons to be kidnapped. He also, assist kidnappers in buying drugs and other…

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Bethel Baptist School: 28 freed, 90 still in bandits’ captivity

Students reunite with parents Some of the 28 traumatised students citizens of Bethel Baptist Secondary, in Chikun local government area of Kaduna State, have been released by the rag-tag bandits and kidnappers after collecting the ransom they demanded. The Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, (CAN), Kaduna State, Rev. John Hayab, confirmed the development to newsmen yesterday, in Kaduna. Recall that last week, two others had escaped from their abductors when they were sent to fetch firewood. About ninety of the victims are still held in captivity. Recall that…

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Bandits release Bethel Baptist school student in Kaduna

One of the 121 abducted students of Bethel Baptist High School, Kaduna, has been released due to illness. According to reports, he was brought back by two people who were abducted by the same bandits and were released after their people had paid a ransom.  A member of Bethel Baptist Church, who pleaded for anonymity, disclosed this to newsmen yesterday.  According to him, the parents of the released boy had taken him to the hospital and he has regained consciousness on Friday. The student, who also spoke with newsmen, remarked…

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“We receive weapons from DSS agents, split ransom payments” Bandits reveal

Armed bandits terrorising different parts of the country have disclosed that they have been receiving arms and ammunition from operatives of the Department of Security Service, (DSS), and often split ransom payments received at gunpoint. The criminals told Germany’s Deutsche Welle, in a recent report, that they borrow weapons from the State agents and then go to work to share ill-gotten gains together. The bandits also said some Police officers have been a part of the conspiracy that has fueled insecurity across Nigeria, which President Buhari has been accused of…

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Troops, Police operatives engage bandits on Kaduna-Zaria highway

The Nigerian Army troops and Police operatives, in the early hours of yesterday, engaged armed bandits in the Rigachikun axis of the Kaduna-Zaria dual carriageway, in Igabi LGA. According to reports, the bandits had earlier attacked a Fulani settlement belonging to a popular herder, Damina Kukumake, at Kukumake village The bandits, who kidnapped some members of the herders family, also rustled several cattle and were making their escape when security agencies received a distress call. The security personnel comprising troops of the Army and Nigerian Air Force, as well as…

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Benue: Bandits ambush Army convoy, cart away N28m cash, weapons

Officer, soldiers missing A stockpile of military hardware with about N28 million cash has been reportedly carted away by marauding bandits who ambushed a select group of Nigerian troops on a reinforcement mission to quell pockets of communal clashes in Benue State, according to military sources. Citing an internal army communication, a source told newsmen that soldiers dispatched from Katsina-Ala LGA to deliver weaponry to troops in Oju LGA (171km from Katsina-Ala) were overrun by an armed militia said to be from the Konshisha district of the State, in an…

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