Defence/Security
NSCDC arrests man allegedly attempting to kidnap 2 pupils in Katsina
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a 35-year-old tricycle rider for allegedly attempting to kidnap two pupils of Family Support Programme Primary and Secondary School, GRA, Katsina.
NSCDC spokesperson in Katsina State, DSC Mohammed Tukur, while parading the suspect,(name withheld), on Thursday at the command’s premises, said he was arrested on Aug. 11.
Tukur explained that the suspect, a resident of Unwalar Jangefe area of the state, was arrested near the school by officials of the corps, stationed there.
“The father alerted our operatives that the suspect was trying to ride away with his two children under the pretext that he was sent by a yet-to-be-identified person to pick them up.
“During interrogation, the suspect confirmed to us that he was directed to pick the pupils by a man on a motorcycle and gave him the address of where to take them.
“Not knowing that their father was around to pick them up, immediately the father saw them in the tricycle, he stopped him and alerted our operatives, and he was arrested,” he said.
He added that the state Commandant, Mohammad Sanusi, had directed the Intelligence Department of the corps to carry out further investigation to uncover the suspect’s possible accomplices and bring them to book.
“After a full investigation, the suspect will be charged to court for prosecution,” the spokesperson said.
He advised parents to be extra careful on who they assign or allow to pick their children from school, and warn their wards against following strangers.
“To the school authorities, the command is advising them to be more vigilant and ensure that only authorised persons are allowed to pick the students,” he said.
The suspect, while responding to questions from newsmen, confirmed that the motorcycle rider came out from the school with the children and directed him to drop them at a particular area.
“After I was stopped by the father of the children, we went around to check the person who instructed me to pick the children, but we could not see him; and I don’t know him,” the suspect said.
Armed bandits have abducted 30 people during an attack on Zamfarawa village in Zugu District, Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
Zagazola Makama report that the attack occurred on Oct. 7 at about 2:20 p.m., when a large number of bandits stormed the community, shooting sporadically to scare residents.
The hoodlums were said to have whisked away 30 villagers to an unknown destination.
Following the incident, security forces have intensified efforts to trace and rescue the abducted victims.
The Zamfara State Police Command has confirmed the killing of two armed bandits during an exchange of fire with security operatives in Mada District, Gusau Local Government Area.
According to sources, the operation followed credible intelligence about an imminent bandit attack on villages within the Mada area.
The sources stated that at about 3:10 a.m. on Oct. 7, a joint team of police tactical operatives, community protection guards (CPG), and local hunters were deployed to Fegin Mahe village, where they laid an ambush along the suspected route of the bandits.
Three bandits were said to have approached the location and were immediately engaged in a gun battle by the security team.
Two of the bandits were killed during the encounter, while the third escaped with possible gunshot injuries.
The police said efforts were ongoing to track down and arrest the fleeing suspect.
Three suspected kidnappers have been killed by a mob in Emu Orakwan community, Esan South-East Local Government Area of Edo State.
Sources said that the incident occurred at about 5 p.m. on Oct. 6, when hunters and farmers in the area sighted the suspects at Akabueze camp.
The suspects were said to be among those who allegedly murdered a woman identified as Mrs. Ogbona on Oct. 1.
It was gathered that upon receiving the information, villagers and farmers mobilised and descended on the suspects, inflicting severe injuries on them before the arrival of security operatives.
Army troops accompanied by police personnel, moved swiftly to the scene and met the suspects at the point of death.
They were immediately taken to the General Hospital, where they were confirmed dead.
Their remains have been deposited at Imiuwuguina Mortuary, while investigation into the incident is ongoing.
Again 30 villagers abducted in Zamfara.
2 bandits meet Waterloo in Zamfara ambush.
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