Bandits wielding sophisticated weapons on several motorcycles Wednesday 3rd February, 2021 sacked Randagi and Kuki villages in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State killing ten people. The bandits who yesterday attacked the village and killed four vigilantes and a little boy after ransacking the shops and carting away food stuffs and other items around 12 midday, were said to have gone at night, and returned again this morning. A source who escaped death by whiskers and had to run kilometres from the village before he was able to…
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Bandits strike again in Birnin Gwari Kaduna State, kill scores
Bandits Tuesday struck along Kaduna-Birnin Gwari Highway killing a commercial driver identified as Auwal Ibrahim as well as four vigilantes in Randagi village in western part of the town. The driver was said to be commuting between Birnin Gwari and Kaduna when the bandits struck and snuffed life out of him in the evening of Tuesday 2nd February, 2021. The armed bandits had earlier attacked Randagi Village in Western Birnin Gwari @12:00 midday, burgled shops, killed 4 vigilantes and a little boy. Kuyello Town in Eastern Birnin Gwari was also…
Read MoreBandits killed 15 Vigilantes, kidnap 18, raze houses in Kaduna communities
Bandits went on rampage killing 15 Vigilante members, kidnapped 18 people, wounded several others, ransacked households and carted away foodstuffs and animals. These incidents in Randagi, Birnin Gwari Local Government and Mando, Chikun Local Government Areas of Kaduna State. Speaking to Voice of Liberty, some members of Birnin Gwari Emirate Development Union BEDU said several house were also set ablaze along with foodstuffs. The Vigilante members were said to have responded to a distressed call, following the invasion of the communities by the bandits who came on motorcycles and with…
Read MoreSend army to Sambisa, Birnin Gwari, others, not streets, CNG tells FG
The Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, has cautioned the Federal Government against going ahead with its planned military exercise, Operation Crocodile Smile, saying it could lead to chaos at a time like this. It also described the operation scheduled to commence on October 20, 2020, as ill-timed and ill-advised. The group said this today in a statement by its spokesperson, Mr. Abdul-azeez Suleiman. According to CNG: “The move to deploy the military on Nigerians already taken over by peaceful #EndSARS and #EndInsecuriyNow protesters is ill-timed, ill-advised and a deliberate and costly attempt…
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