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43-year-old Isah Ibrahim was arrested with 19x seed planter in Yobe

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43-year-old Isah Ibrahim was arrested with 19x seed planter in Yobe

By: Yahaya Wakili

Troops of Forward Operations Base (FOB) Potiskum deployed along Potiskum-Gombe Road today have arrested one Mallam Isah Ibrahim, 43 years old, in possession of 19x seed planter machines.

Special Adviser to Governor Mai Mala Buni CON on security, Brigadier-General Dahiru Abdusalam has said.

He said the items that are suspected to have been issued for the Yobe State Agricultural Empowerment program were concealed in a blue-colored 18-seater bus with registration No. KGT 449 YG.

Brig-Gen. Abdusalam revealed that the owner of the items had no letter of authority for the issue of the items to him or anyone else.

The suspect, who hails from Jigawa State, claimed that he bought the items from one Alhaji Babaji with the phone number 08032837370 in Damaturu at a rate of $50,000 each.

He said that he was conveying the items to resell in Dutse, Jigawa State. capital.

The suspect and recovered items are in the custody of FOB Potiskum and are to be handed over to the NSCDC for further action.

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Bandits abduct five worshippers, injure one in Zamfara

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Bandits abduct five worshippers, injure one in Zamfara

By: Zagazola Makama

Armed bandits have abducted five worshippers and injured one person during an early morning attack on Maradawa village in Rijiya District, Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara State.

Zagazola learnt that the attack occurred at about 5:45 a.m. on Thursday while residents were observing the Subhi (dawn) prayers.

The hoodlums reportedly opened fire on the worshippers, wounding one person before abducting five others to an unknown destination.

Troops later visited the scene, and the injured victim was taken to a hospital for treatment.

The troops have been deployed to the area and is currently on the trail of the attackers to rescue the victims and restore normalcy.

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Bandits abduct 11 children from farm in Bungudu, Zamfara

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Bandits abduct 11 children from farm in Bungudu, Zamfara

By: Zagazola Makama

Armed bandits have abducted 11 children while working on a family farm in Ruwan Kaiwa village, Kekun Waje District of Bungudu Local Government Area, Zamfara State.

Zagazola gathered that the attack occurred at about 11 a.m. on Thursday when the hoodlums, armed with dangerous weapons, stormed the farm belonging to one Nasiru Oli and whisked away his 11 children to an unknown destination.

Security forces have launched a manhunt for the perpetrators, while efforts are ongoing to rescue the victims safely.

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Herdsman loses two cows to suspected hoodlums in Adamawa

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Herdsman loses two cows to suspected hoodlums in Adamawa

By: Zagazola Makama

Suspected hoodlums have killed two cows belonging to a herdsman in Shelleng Local Government Area of Adamawa State.

The incident, which occurred on Wednesday at about 3:30 p.m., took place in the Wuroyanka District of Shelleng.

A source in the area told Zagazola that the attackers, believed to be from Bare in Numan Local Government Area, ambushed the herder, Shehu Alhaji Yakubu, while he was grazing his cattle in the bush.

The assailants reportedly killed two of the animals before fleeing the scene.

Police and local hunters later visited the area to assess the situation and appealed for calm among residents to avoid reprisals.

A stakeholders’ meeting has been scheduled to discuss measures to prevent further tension between herders and farmers in the area.

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