Crime
Bandits abducts 4 women, others in Katsina
Bandits abducts 4 women, others in Katsina
….As Police recovered 80 Cows, 70 Sheep
By: James Bwala
Residents of Safawa, a community in Dutsinma, Katsina state in Northwest Nigeria on Saturday said they are constantly at the mercy of bandits operating in the area.
A resident of the community who identifies himself as Umaru Muhammadu told NEWSng that it was only prayers that have been sustaining the people.
According to him there was an abduction last week of 12 persons including the junior brother to their ward head, adding that yesterday the abduction took place.
“We do not know the number yet but they were mainly women and girls that were taken by the bandits. The government has continued to deceive that they are working but we are not seeing any result from the claims being put across to the Nigerian public.” Muhammadu said.
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According to him, governor Masari had informed the people that he met with the President over the situation in Katsina severally but there was still no concrete solution to activities of bandits in the state.
“We were told the President is ours and the governor is also ours but bandits have continued to threaten our lives and we constantly pay ransom or levy as they would impose for them to be able to move freely in our villages.
“The government has imposed restrictions on how one can buy fuel at the fueling station for motorcycles. We cannot buy more than three litres of fuel for a motorcycle, which is about five hundred naira (N500). We were told this is to curtail the operations of the bandits. But the bandits always have their ranks full with fuel. So we don’t know who is supplying them when we cannot have a full tank within our locality.” He said.
NEWSng reports that this is coming even as the Police Command in Katsina State claimed that they have succeeded in killing two terrorists following a gun duel with the criminals.
Speaking on another development, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Gambo Isah said the Police had recovered One AK47 rifle and 150 animals from bandits.
Mr. Isah however, did not explain the whereabouts of the abducted women and other residents or state whether or not the Police is doing its best to rescue them.
While addressing Newsmen on the development Mr. Gambo Isah said the DPO in charge of Mallumfashi reacted based on the distress call he received, that the bandits attacked the Gandu Karfi community where they abducted four women and went away with over 150 cows and sheep.
According to him, “the DPO, led a team of Policemen and ambushed the terrorist’s possible routes where they succeeded in killing one bandit, recovered one AK47 rifle, four rounds of ammunition, 80 cows and 70 sheep.”
Bandits abducts 4 women, others in Katsina
NDLEA Dismisses Allegations of Lopsided Appointments, Nepotism as Baseless
By: Michael Mike
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has described as baseless, allegations of nepotism and favouritism in the appointment of its Directors, Commanders and other top officials.
The agency in a statement on Thursday described as false, insinuations in some social media posts suggesting that appointments into high ranking positions are tilted in favour of Northern Muslims against Southern Christians.
The statement read that: “For the benefit of the reading public, the agency will like to state as follows:
“Out of the 20 Directors/ Commandant in NDLEA, 14 are Christians and 6 Muslims; of the 14 Zonal Commanders, 9 are Christians and 5 Muslims; out of 37 State Commanders, 19 are Christians and 18 Muslims; of the 14 Special Area Commanders, 10 are Christians and 4 Muslims; out of 12 Coordinators/Heads of Units, 9 are Christians and 3 Muslims; while out of 11 Heads of Operation, 7 are Christians and 4 are Muslims.
“In all, out of the 108 topmost appointments and positions in the agency, 68 of them are occupied by Christians and 40 Muslims, which represents a ratio of 63% – 37% as against the perception some mischief makers are trying to create against the leadership of the agency.
“The agency wishes to assure the public that its leadership remains focused and committed to the goal of curbing the scourge of substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking while upholding the tenets of fairness, equity, and merit in its distribution of opportunities for its workforce.”
NDLEA Dismisses Allegations of Lopsided Appointments, Nepotism as Baseless
NSCDC Uncovered Illegal Refinery in Rivers’ Thick Forest
By: Michael Mike
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has uncovered another illegal bunkering site were stolen crude oil are channeled to a thick forest Umuedeokwara Community, Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State. where they are refined.
A press statement on Tuesday by the National Public Relations Officer of the NSCDC, Afolabi Babawale said the
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad (CG’SIS) uncovered another illegal bunkering site where stolen crude oil was tapped, channelled to reservoirs and refined locally in a thick forest at Umuedeokwara Community, Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State.
He said the CG’s SIS Commander, Deputy Commandant Appolos Dandaura, hinted during a media briefing that the squad acted based on sustained intelligence, which revealed that a gang of criminal elements was operating an illegal refinery at the crime scene.
Dandaura said: “Like we always reiterate that our operations are intelligence-based and we value every piece of information and preserve the integrity of our informants; we swung into action, combed the entire forest and discovered where the suspects were refining crude oil locally after storage in large trampoline reservoirs and further packaged them in cellophane bags and sacks.
“These unscrupulous saboteurs connected fabricated and galvanized metallic pipes to the trunk lines of multinational oil pipeline installations with inserted valves; the suspects, however, took to their heels through the creeks due to the terrain upon sighting our men.
“The following exhibits were marked at the crime scene: about 20,000 litres of illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) stored in cellophane bags, large quantities of siphoned crude oil stored in tarpaulin reservoirs, different sizes of aluminium and plastic buckets, galvanized metallic Fabricated pipes, heavy-duty industrial hoses and items of clothing belonging to the suspects”.
Appolos said that the matching order of the Commandant General, Dr Ahmed Audi on the need to smoke out illegal bunkers and effect massive arrests for possible prosecution, frustrate their continuous efforts to sabotage the economy and to increase oil production in the nation; would always be carried out by the squad, adding that “the fight against illegal dealings in petroleum products is without compromise as the CG’SIS will not rest in combating the menace of crude oil theft across board .”
NSCDC Uncovered Illegal Refinery in Rivers’ Thick Forest
Nigerian troops nutrialised 4 Boko Haram insurgents in Borno
By: Zagazola Makama
The troops of Sector 1, North East Joint Task Force, Operation Hadin Kai, in conjunction with the Hybrid Force and CJTF, nutrialised four Boko Haram terrorists during a fighting Operation around Ngwom General Area in Mafa Local Government Area of Borno State.
The operation, which commenced at Sept 1, 2024, aimed to neutralize terrorist elements in the region.
Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama that during the operation, troops made contact with terrorist elements around Boroso Village, resulting in the neutralization of four terrorists.
Three Dane guns were recovered from the scene. The operation is part of the ongoing efforts to combat terrorism in the region, specifically under Operation Hadin Kai, Operation Desert Sanity III/Lake Sanity II, and Mountain Sanity II.
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