Crime
Bandits attack residents of Kaduna community
Bandits attack residents of Kaduna community
… killing and maiming many including a Reverend of the ECWA church
…. Abducts wife and son
By: Bodunrin Kayode
Suspected Fulani bandits have again attacked a community in Southern Kaduna, slaughtering many including a Reverend of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) in Kaduna state.
The residents of Kajuru on the 23rd of March went to sleep peacefully not knowing that they will soon get into another state of mourning as several people were wounded and killed including, Rev Mairimi whose wife was abducted and taken into the bush by suspected Fulani bandits last Thursday.
Many others were believed to have been abducted equally by the assailants when they left on the wee hours of Friday morning.
But search parties have been organized up to Saturday morning to fish out corpses and re unite missing families who ran into the bush for safety.
Until his death, Rev Mairimi was the Pastor of ECWA church Buda 2 kasua Magani, District Church Council (DCC) in Kajuru council area of Kaduna State.
Attempts to reach the Kaduna state Police Command spokesperson Mohammed Jalige by phone as at the time of writing this report, was futile.
However sources within the Church said that the wife of the slain Reverend Mairimi was equally abducted in the process of the slaughter of her husband which she obviously witnessed.
“They attacked the community where he’s pastoring, killed him and went away with his wife and son.
” We don’t know if they razed down his Church with 200-300 members at Kajuru which is a mini town in Kaduna in Buda, a village under kajuru Local Church Council (LCC).
” Top ECWA management of the church are still in shock as at the time of writing this report but we in Kaduna are praying that the wife is released as soon as possible.” said our source.
The Kaduna state government has also not reacted to the matter as at the time of filing this report.
This lingering brutality by bandits have rendered many villages as ghost communities as much as most of the villagers had to escape for their own lives leaving these rouge bandits who come in as herders during the day and transform into marauders in the night.
Stringent cries by the people of southern Kaduna for help against this lingering genocide has fallen on deaf ears as the bandits have been consistent in their attack, kill and occupy policy.
Bandits attack residents of Kaduna community
Troops repel attack on Forward Operating Base Azir in Damboa LGA, push back ISWAP terrorists
By: Zagazola Makama
Troops stationed at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Azir in Damboa Local Government Area, Borno State, successfully repelled assault by terrorists of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) at about 1:30 a.m. on March 13.
According to security sources, the assailants approached the base from multiple directions, intending to overrun the facility.
Troops engaged the terrorists with indirect fire which lasted for several minutes forcing them to withdraw in disarray and preventing any breach of the base.
Aerial surveillance support was deployed to monitor the area and ensure containment of the threat. No casualties were reported among troops, while the attackers suffered undetermined losses.
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Troops arrest suspected kidnapper, recover AK-47 in Damaturu
By: Zagazola Makama
Troops of Operation HADIN KAI have arrested a suspected kidnapper and recovered an AK-47 rifle during a cordon-and-search operation in Damaturu Yobe state.
Security sources told Zagazola Makama that the operation was carried out at about 11:30 a.m. on March 12 by troops in collaboration with members of the Yobe state hunters groups.
The sources said the troops conducted the cordon-and-search operation at Sidiri
Ngabarawa following credible intelligence on the presence of suspected criminal elements in the area.
During the operation, troops apprehended a suspected kidnapper identified as Ahmadu Malam, 30, a resident of Southern Ngabarawa.
Items recovered from the suspect included one AK-47 rifle with registration number HS3649 and an empty magazine.
Security sources said the suspect and the recovered weapon are currently in the custody of the 233 Battalion for preliminary investigation.
The sources added that efforts are ongoing to track and apprehend other members of the suspected kidnapping syndicate believed to be operating within the area.
According to military authorities, the operation forms part of ongoing security efforts under Operation Hadin Kai aimed at dismantling criminal and insurgent networks operating across the North-East.
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Security forces recover rustled cow, arrest four suspects in otukpo
By: Zagazola Makama
The police in Benue have recovered one rustled cow and arrested four suspects in connection with a case of armed robbery and cattle rustling in Otukpo Local Government Area of the state.
Sources said that the development followed ongoing investigation into an earlier report of cattle rustling recorded on March 9.
According to the sources, one of the stolen cows was recovered in the possession of a suspect identified as Tunde Rafiu of Okpomaju Village in Otukpo LGA.
During interrogation, the suspect reportedly confessed to purchasing the cow from another suspect identified as Maki Damina.
The police subsequently arrested Damina along with two other suspects believed to be linked to the cattle rustling network.
Security sources said there were strong suspicions that the remaining stolen cattle might be hidden in a bandits’ hideout at Amla area of Otukpo LGA.
They added that the use of police air support for aerial surveillance and operations in the area could assist in locating the suspected hideout, dismantling the criminal group and recovering the remaining cattle.
Investigation into the case was ongoing as efforts continued to track down other members of the syndicate.
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