Tag: VIGILANTE

Katsina: Bandits kill 9 vigilantes, steal 6 rifles

Aminu Imam
Katsina bandits kill

Bandits carried out two separate attacks on vigilante groups in Katsina State on Friday evening, resulting in the deaths of nine security personnel. Six pump-action guns were reportedly also stolen by the bandits during the onslaught. According to a credible security source, the first incident occured when a group of bandits armed with sophisticated weapons ambushed members of the Katsina State Community Watch Corps (KSCWC) and vigilante members who were providing security for farmers harvesting crops at Unguwar Kafa along the Yankara-Faskari Road in Faskari. He explained that upon learning…

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Kebbi: Bandits ambush, kill 62 vigilante members

Aminu Imam

Sixty-two members of a vigilante group, popularly known as ‘Yan Sa Kai, have been confirmed killed in an ambush at Anemi, in Sakaba local government area of Kebbi State. Chairman of the vigilante, Zuru Emirate, Usman Sani, a retired Warrant Officer, when contacted on phone on Monday, confirmed the incident. “A large number of bandits killed over 62 members of a joint operation of our ‘Yan Sa Kai members, in an ambush on Sunday night at Anemi, Sakaba LGA. They burnt 12 of our motorcycles. “The number of the casualties…

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Edo vigilante rescues 28 victims of human trafficking

Aminu Imam

A team of local vigilantes has rescued 28 victims of human trafficking in Benin City, the Edo State capital. The state coordinator, Edo State Community Vigilante Security Network, Oboh Emmanuel Otoide, who disclosed this while addressing newsmen at the weekend, said the victims, between the ages of 13 and 17 years, were rescued during a stop and search operation by his men. “The victims were rescued by our men around 2 a.m on Tuesday along Akpakpava Road in Benin City. Three suspects, including two drivers conveying the victims to their…

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Niger: Local hunters kill 47 bandits in Shiroro 

Aminu Imam

At least forty-seven bandits terrorising Shiroro communities in Niger State have been killed by local hunters. The hunters, in a sting-like operation, raided a ‘riverside’ community in Magami, situated between Shiroro and Rafi local government areas, on Wednesday and killed the bandits. A source told newsmen that the community, which is close to a river, has been used as hideouts by bandits, who also established their camps in the axis. According to a Police intelligence officer, who asked not to be mentioned, confirmed that several bandits also fled with gunshot…

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Oyo: Kidnappers flee as policemen, vigilantes rescue victims inside forest

Aminu Imam

Criminals suspected to be kidnappers on Tuesday reportedly abducted three persons from a Toyota Sienna bus off Ibadan-Ijebu road in Ibadan. The State’s Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso, confirmed the incident to newsmen in a statement yesterday.  According to sources, the hoodlums numbering about 10 carried out the abduction at about 11:30 am. The hoodlums were said to have whisked their captives into the forest having successfully carried out their operation. The case was said to have been reported to the police immediately and some armed policemen and…

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Niger: Local vigilante kill 9 bandits, arrest others while waiting to collect ransom  

Aminu Imam

A local vigilante group has neutralised no fewer than nine suspected bandits in Gulu town, Lapai local government area of Niger State, while waiting to collect ransom from families of abducted victims.  It was learnt that the bandits had earlier raided Gulu town a few days back during which some people were abducted and ransom demanded before they would be released.  According to an eyewitness, the relations of the victims had managed to raise the ransom and they contacted the bandits who gave directive to them on how to deliver the money. He said…

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Bandits strike again in Birnin Gwari Kaduna State, kill scores

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

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…

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Bandits killed 15 Vigilantes, kidnap 18, raze houses in Kaduna communities

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

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…

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