Bandits Archives - Page 15 of 16

Apr

25

2021

Sheik Gumi: Banditry now war situation

Lifestyle, Metro, News, PoliticsBandits, Boko Haram, Crime, Herdsmen, Islam, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Security

Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi, has urged the Nigerian government to take his advice and grant amnesty to bandits for them to lay down their arms. Gumi was reacting to the killing of three students of Greenfield University, Kaduna by bandits who abducted them from their school. Speaking to newsmen on Friday, Gumi said the incident had underscored his position that bandits were now at war with the nation. The cleric, who was involved in the process that led to the release of students abducted by bandits in Katsina and Niger states, said he was helpless in the case of…

Feb

26

2021

By OHAFIATV

Buhari replies Gumi, says no amnesty for bandits, criminals

Metro, PoliticsBandits, Mohammadu Buhari, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics, Security

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday downplayed the possibility of the Federal Government granting amnesty to criminals and bandits. Buhari warned that his government would deal decisively with all forms of criminality in the country. He spoke while declaring open a joint security meeting of the Northern State Governors’ Forum, Northern Traditional Rulers Council and delegation from the Federal Government. Represented by his Chief of Staff, Ibrahim Gambari, Buhari said he has directed the security chief to evolve strategy on how to deal with all forms of criminalities. He said: “I must appreciate the efforts of the 19 Northern States Governors’…

Sep

14

2020

By Amos Oge Kalu

Bandits kill 2 FRSC officers, abduct 10 others

PoliticsBandits, Crime, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics, Security

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the killing of two operatives on Monday by bandits. Ten other personnel were abducted when gunmen attacked their buses en route to the FRSC Academy in Udi, Enugu State. Corps Public Education Officer, Assistant Corps Marshal Bisi Kazeem, confirmed the incident in a statement. The official said the operatives travelling from Sokoto and Kebbi States were ambushed and attacked at Udege junction, along Mararaban-Udege between Adoka, Nasarawa State, at about 8am. A total of 26 officers were travelling in two buses, the spokesman said. One died during the attack, another died in…

Jul

15

2020

By OHAFIATV

How police rescued Nigerian soldiers from Boko Haram

PoliticsBandits, Boko Haram, Crime, Metro, Nigeria

Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU) of the Nigeria Police have rescued two soldiers kidnapped by Boko Haram. The elite police squad freed the Nigerian Army personnel from insurgents in Borno State. The terrorists killed their colleagues during an offensive on the patrolling troops. The Police Situation Report (SITREP) on the operation was released on Tuesday, according to PRNigeria. It noted that 2:30pm of July 13, 20120, “an Army Patrol Team was attacked by Boko Haram along Auno Road”. The sect killed two soldiers and kidnapped others. Two military gun trucks, AK 47 rifles and unspecified numbers of ammunition, were carted away.…

Jun

05

2020

By OHAFIATV

Gunmen kill 21 in fresh Zamfara attacks

MetroAfrica, Bandits, Boko Haram, Crime, Herdsmen, Nigeria

Armed gangs have killed 21 people in the latest bloody assaults on villages in restive northwest Nigeria, police said. Assailants trying to steal cattle shot dead 15 people in clashes with local residents in six remote communities of Zamfara state on Tuesday, regional police spokesman Mohammed Shehu said. The gunmen — dubbed “bandits” by the authorities — returned the next day and shot dead six mourners at funerals for the earlier victims, the statement released Thursday said. Nigeria’s northwest has been wracked by years of violence, involving clashes between rival communities over land, attacks by heavily armed gangs and retaliation…