Tag: Bandits
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Buhari to bandits: “Your days are numbered, be ready for crushing defeat”
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a stern warning to bandits, saying that “the clock of your ultimate destruction is ticking as you will no longer have a place to hide.” In a statement in Abuja on Monday, Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman, said President Buhari was reacting to the killing of over 30 people…
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FG not treating bandits with kid-gloves – Lai Mohammed
The Federal Government says it is erroneous and misleading the accusation in certain quarters that it is treating bandits with kid-gloves. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed stated this on Tuesday when he featured on Nigeria Television Authority programme, “Good Morning Nigeria’’. Speaking on renewed onslaught against bandit on the programme monitored…
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Bandits kill police inspectors, others, kidnap 19 students in Zamfara
The Zamfara State Police Command has confirmed the killing of a police inspector, two other persons in the State’s College of Agriculture Bakura in Bakura Local Government Area of the state.This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Monday by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Muhammad Shehu who also confirmed that 15…
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Amotekun apprehends 11 suspected bandits in Oyo
Operatives of the Oyo State Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun, have arrested 11 suspected bandits terrorising residents of the state. Amotekum Commandant in the state, retired Col. Olayinka Olayanju, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Ibadan. Olayanju said that the suspects were arrested during joint routine patrol with members of the…
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Police neutralise 3 bandits, recover 330 stolen animals in Katsina State – PPRO
The Katsina State Police Command has neutralised three suspected bandits and recovered 330 stolen animals. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Gambo Isah, disclosed this to newsmen on Monday in Katsina.“Today, April 19, 2021, at about 04:00hrs, based on credible intelligence, DPO Kankara led a team of policemen to Mararabar-Gurbi, a notorious cattle route used…
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KDSG denies appointing intermediaries to negotiate with bandits – Commissioner
The Kaduna State Government has refuted media reports that it had appointed intermediaries to negotiate with bandits, on its behalf.Mr Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, made the clarification in a statement on Sunday, in Kaduna.“The attention of the Kaduna State Government, under the leadership of Gov. Nasir El-Rufai, has been drawn…
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Bandits kill 2 persons in Kaduna State– Official
The Kaduna State Government says suspected bandits killed two persons in Kachia and Igabi local government areas of Kaduna State. Mr Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, confirmed the killing in a statement issued on Tuesday. “On a sad note, security agencies have reported that armed bandits attacked Akwando village in Kachia…
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Troops neutralise 35 bandits, arrest 2 suspects in Zamfara, Katsina
Troops of the Operation ”Hadarin Daji”, have eliminated 35 bandits and arrested two of their collaborators in different encounters in Zamfara and Katsina State, the Defence Headquarters has said. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, made this known in a statement on Monday. Enenche also aid the troops of ”Forward Operating Base Kekuwuje”…
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Niger governor condemns bandits attacks on communities
Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger has condemned recent attack by bandits on some communities of Maitumbi and Kuchi in Bosso and Munya local government areas of the state Bello, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mrs Mary Noel-Berje, in Minna on Monday decried the incessant activities of the gunmen and urged the people…
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Bandits Attack Commercial Bus In Katsina, Abduct All Passengers
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have reportedly attacked a commercial bus in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State, abducting all passengers. According to Katsina Post, the attack occurred along Shimfida to Gurbin Baure road. The number of passengers on the bus is yet to be known. The attack comes two days after gunmen abducted a…