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21 killed by suspected bandits

By: Bodunrin Kayode

About 21 residents have been slaughtered in Heipang
Barkin Ladi, Plateau State, North Central Nigeria.

This occurred Thursday when suspected bandits evaded the military and reigned havoc upon the community which is the host of the airport in the state.

The Community renowned for farming of Irish potatoes is a sleepy one located within the Barkin Ladi council area not far from mararaba jama near kuru jos.

The attack which took place in the early hours of Thursday, led to injuries unleashed on about 13 others, who sources told this reporter have been rushed to hospital facilities around the vicinity.

Spokesman for operation safe haven Captain Ola James, disclosed that despite receiving advance alerts regarding a potential assault, the assailants managed to evade security and unleashed a wave of violence upon the unsuspecting community.

Responding, troops have been deployed to the affected vicinity with the aim of reinstating law and order and most of the assailants have been taken out.

Eye witnesses told this reporter that in the pandemonium that ensured, most of the residents escaped to the surrounding villages while a couple of the bandits were caught and killed while trying to escape from the carnage.

“We blocked their routes and took out most of them. Only few of them managed to return back to where they came from” said the source.

This is the second time that this kind of dastardly attack is being unleashed on Heipang village within two months.

Two villagers lost their lives in a similar circumstance recently making it very urgent for security personnel to protect the airport and the surrounding communities.

Plateau has witnessed a sad rise in attacks on villages within Mangu and Riyom attributed to armed bandits in recent times, despite the visit of the Chief of Army Staff General Lagbaja to ginger the troops in the region.

During his visit, the Army Chief General Lagbaja had charged troops with the responsibility of curbing the activities of armed bandits who sometimes masquerade as herdsmen.

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Bandits kill 12 in Kwara community attack

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Bandits kill 12 in Kwara community attack

By: Zagazola Makama

Suspected bandits on Sunday attacked Hybrid Force camp in Oke Ode, Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara, killing 12 people.

Zagazola learnt that the attack occurred at about 8:50 a.m. when the gunmen stormed the community.

Troops from a patrol base in Babanla were immediately mobilised to the scene, but the attackers fled before their arrival.

A search of the area by the troops led to the discovery of 12 lifeless bodies comprising nine vigilantes and three civilians killed during the attack.

The corpses of the deceased were evacuated to Oke Ode Police Station while troops restored calm in the area.

The source said the general security situation in the area remained calm but unpredictable.
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Again suspected Boko Haram insurgents return to Kirawa with damnation

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Again suspected Boko Haram insurgents return to Kirawa with damnation

By: Bodunrin Kayode

Boko Haram Insurgents have again attacked Kirawa a border community in Borno state killing a civilian joint task force (CJTF) member and wounding several others in the process.

The Boko Haram insurgents ambushed the commuters driving into Kirawa a community in Bama council area and killed the CJTF in the process.

To punish some of the commuters further for fleeing away from the scene of the ambush, the insurgents burned down some of their vehicles before returning into the bush unchallenged.

After the attack died down, some motorists and passengers who sustained different degrees of injuries were treated in nearby clinics.

Sources revealed that trouble started when six vehicles loaded with food items and other luggages were ambushed and set ablaze by the insurgents along the Pulka-Kirawa road on Friday last week.

Senator representing Borno South, Mohammed Ndume reacting to the incident called on the military authorities to deploy more troops to safeguard the entire communities around Gwoza council area and Cameroun.

There is only one forward military base (FOB) in Kirawa and it is dominated by the Multi national joint task force MNJTF of mostly Camerounian troops mandated to pin down kirawa on both sides of the divides of the two countries.

A lot of the Intel policing of the community is done by CJTF even as families are still awaiting the rescue of a schoolgirl, Aisha Muhammad that was kidnapped by the insurgents a month ago when this very base was overrun leaving sorrow tears and blood in the community.

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Police investigate killing of pastor in Delta

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Police investigate killing of pastor in Delta

By: Zagazola Makama

The Police Command in Delta has commenced investigation into the gruesome murder of Pastor Oputeh Monday, aged 59, who was killed by unknown assailants in Umuebu community, Ukwuani Local Government Area of the state.

Sources said that the case was reported by the deceased’s son, Oputeh Joshua, aged 26, who told police that his father had left home early for his farm along Amai/Umuebu farm road and instructed them to meet him later with a motorcycle.

“On their way, they heard gunshots and rushed into the bush where they discovered the lifeless body of their father lying on the ground with his head chopped off.

“Detectives from Obiaruku Division visited the scene of the crime and evacuated the corpse to Medisar Mortuary, Obiaruku, for preservation and autopsy,” the sources said.

The sources that preliminary investigation had commenced, while confidence-building patrols were ongoing in the affected area.

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