Tag: Zamfara

Court sacks Zamfara APC Exco, orders fresh congress

Ishaku Yohanna

Zamfara State High Court lV on Friday dissolved the All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership in the state and ordered for fresh election of the party executives at wards, local government and state levels. The judge, Bello Tukur, who delivered the judgement, said that the congress that produced the leadership of the party was not conducted in line with law and order and, therefore, nullified. He ordered for fresh congresses to produce the party’s leadership in the state. Speaking to journalists after the judgement, Lead Counsel to a faction of the…

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Military air raid overruns bandits’ camp in Zamfara – DHQ

Ishaku Yohanna

The Defence Headquarters says the Air Component of Operation Hadarin Daji has overrun a bandits’ camp, headed by one of their leaders, known as “Dangote” in the Doumborou Forest of Zamfara. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. Enenche said the air interdiction missions, which were conducted on Thursday, also resulted in the killing of several armed bandits. He said the operation was based on intelligence that revealed the relocation of the bandits in the new camp, around a rocky high ground…

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People selling houses to bandits in Zamfara, Emir of Gusau laments

Ishaku Yohanna

Emir of Gusau, Alhaji Ibrahim Bello has listed ways some residents of the state are aiding banditry.  Speaking on Thursday July 16 when the Inspector General of Police (GP), Mohammed Adamu Abubakar, Director General (DG) of the Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Bichi, and heads of the intelligence units paid him a courtesy visit, the Emir revealed that some residents of the state are renting and selling houses to bandits and kidnappers.   He added that some armed bandits and kidnappers have agents and informants within the communities.  Emir Bello said: “Some people are renting or selling…

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