Tag: TERRORISTS

Insecurity: Terrorists force residents of 8 villages to flee in Kebbi

Aminu Imam

No fewer than eight villages in Augie local government area of Kebbi State have been deserted due to attacks by bandit-terrorists. According to reports, the villages are Zagi, Tungar-Rafi, Tungar-Tudu, Keke, Kwaido, Sabongarin Kwaido, Tungar-Chichira and Tattazai. Residents of the villages were said to have moved out in droves after bandits attacked Zagi on Wednesday night. The attack was said to have left three people dead, many injured and 15 others abducted. The Village Head of Zagi, Muhammadu Lawwali-Sule, said the bandits stormed the village at about midnight. According to…

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Kaduna Train Attack: Terrorists release another four abductees

Aminu Imam

The terrorists that attacked the Abuja-Kaduna-bound train passengers on March 28 yesterday released four more hostages including an 85-year-old woman, Hajiya Halimatu Atta, her daughter, Adams Aliyu and two others after spending four months in captivity. The release of the four hostages was confirmed to newsmen by Tukur Mamu, the publisher of a Kaduna-based newspaper and Media Consultant to renowned Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, who withdrew as one of the negotiators, in Kaduna. According to him, one of the terrorists’ commanders was said to be in love with one…

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Kaduna Insecurity: Group commends troops for clearing terrorist hideouts in B/Gwari forests

Aminu Imam

The Birnin-Gwari Emirate Progressive Union (BEPU) has commended the gallant security personnel and volunteer security groups for the dislodgement of terrorists’ enclaves in Birnin-Gwari adjoining forests of Kaduna State. In a statement issued by the BEPU Chairman, Ishaq Usman Kasai, yesterday, noted that “Troops, along with local volunteers, have cleared bandits/terrorist hideout around Kuriga/Manini general area in Birnin-Gwari LGA”. He also stressed that in the process six female victims kidnapped from Birnin-Gwari, Kuriga, Gyam and Bagoma towns were rescued. According to the statement, “The Union is indeed elated by the…

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Kaduna Train Abduction: Why bandits hold captives after FG released 30 imprisoned terrorists — Sources

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government is upset that many victims of the Abuja-Kaduna-bound train attack in March this year are still being kept by terrorists who kidnapped them, multiple sources have said. The FG’s discomfort stems from the terrorists’ failure to honour the swap deal they allegedly entered into with it over the release of the train attack captives. According to reports, the government’s anger followed the refusal of the abductors to release all the train attack victims after it had freed no fewer than 30 imprisoned terrorists the bandits had requested…

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Kaduna Ungoverned Areas: Ansaru terrorists marry girls to spread ideology

Aminu Imam

In a bid to spread their radical ideologies and have a stronghold among the locals, Ansaru terrorists are now marrying indigenous girls in Birnin-Gwari communities of Kaduna State. It was learnt that such marriages were held on Tuesday at the Old Kuyello community.  A don, who spoke to newsmen, noted that the marriages were methods of getting more followers and those that will adopt their radical ideology. This is just as a member representing Birnin-Gwari and Giwa constituency in the House of Representatives, Shehu Balarabe, had appealed to the State…

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Kaduna Escalating Insecurity: Terrorists abduct woman on sick bed in Zaria

Aminu Imam

Terrorists have abducted a woman from a sick bed in Unguwar-Malamai village, in Kakeyi, Zaria local government area of Kaduna State. Unguwar-Malamai, which is the nearest community to the famous Zaria Dam, is about one kilometre away from the Nigerian Television Authority, (NTA), Zaria. The terrorists, who arrived at the village around midnight yesterday, proceeded straight to the resident of Alhaji Shu’aibu Dallatu and kidnapped his wife. One of the villagers interviewed said, “The bandits arrived purposely to kidnap the head of the household, Shu’aibu Dallatu; because on arrival they…

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Kaduna Train Attack: Terrorists free five more passengers

Aminu Imam

Five of the passengers abducted during an attack on an Abuja-Kaduna-bound train have regained their freedom. Recall that the train was attacked on March 28, this year, with several passengers killed while others sustained injuries. The Publisher of a Kaduna-based newspaper and Media Consultant to controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, Tukur Mamu, who withdrew as one of the negotiators, confirmed the release of the five hostages yesterday. He gave the names of the five released hostages as Professor Mustapha Umar Imam, who is medical at Usman Dan Fodio University…

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Sokoto: Terrorists kill 20 in fresh attack, demand petrol to free abducted youths

Aminu Imam

No fewer than 20 persons were killed when terrorists attacked Duma village in the Tureta local government area of Sokoto State. According to reports, the attackers stormed the village around 8 am on Wednesday and terrorised the locals for several hours unchecked. They reportedly carted away livestock and kidnapped an unspecified number of youths. According to a local, who spoke to newsmen on condition of anonymity, said the bandits, in large numbers, rode into the village on motorcycles carrying sophisticated weapons which they used to kill some of their victims.…

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Just In! Boko Haram attacks military checkpoint along Abuja-Kaduna highway, kills soldiers

Aminu Imam

Some soldiers were reportedly killed when Boko Haram terrorists raided a military checkpoint around Zuma Rock in Niger State, on Thursday night. The area close to Madalla town is a few meters away from Zuba along the Abuja-Kaduna highway. A source said that the attackers arrived at the spot some minutes after 7pm and opened fire immediately. “They took control of the area for about 30 minutes and kept on shooting before heading towards Kaduna axis of the expressway”, the source said. The terrorists were said to gained entry to…

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Bwari Attack: Nigerian Special Forces retaliate, eliminate 30 terrorists behind attack on presidential guards – DHQ

Aminu Imam

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said that troops have eliminated 30 of the terrorists that attacked troops of the 7 Guards Battalion in the Bwari area of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT). The Army’s Director of Defence Media Operations, Bernard Onyeuko disclosed this at the Bi-Weekly news conference on military operations in Abuja yesterday.  The7 Guards Battalion is a unit under the Guards Brigade that is responsible for protecting the president. Recall that the soldiers were ambushed during a routine patrol along the Kubwa-Bwari road on Sunday. Three soldiers of…

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