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Troops Engage Armed Bandits in Fierce Gun Battle Near Mada, Zamfara

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Troops Engage Armed Bandits in Fierce Gun Battle Near Mada, Zamfara

By: Zagazola Makama

Armed bandits launched another attack on Mada, Gusau LGA of Zamfara State, shortly after the Isha prayer on Monday night. However, security forces swiftly engaged them in a fierce gun battle.

Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama that the bandits, believed to have emerged from the surrounding forest, attempted to advance on the Mada community but were intercepted by security personnel.

Heavy gunfire was reported in the eastern part of Mada as troops battled the attackers.
As of the time of reporting, the situation remains tense, with security forces working to repel the assailants.

Troops Neutralize Suspected Collaborator Caught with Bandits in Zamfara

By Zagazola Makama

The troops of Operation FANSAN YANMA have neutralized a suspected bandit collaborator known as Dama Dandan Boyi during an operation in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State.

Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama that Dama, a Hausa man who previously worked as a security guard at a cotton processing company in Tsafe, later became involved with Fulani armed groups. He was reportedly married to four wives.

On the night of March 17, security forces encountered Dama and a group of suspected bandits under a mango tree in the outskirts of Tsafe.

Upon sighting the operatives, the armed Fulani men fled on a motorcycle, leaving Dama behind. He was shot and killed on the spot.

Dama was a native of Makera, a community in Tsafe Local Government Area. Authorities believe he had been providing support to criminal elements operating in the region.

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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.
Bandits kill 12 in Kwara community attack

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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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