Kebbi Govt rebukes Maidoki’s banditry criticism
The Kebbi State Government dismisses Senator Garba Maidoki’s banditry-related criticisms and allegations about security project failures.
The Kebbi State Government dismisses Senator Garba Maidoki’s banditry-related criticisms and allegations about security project failures.
“1 Billion naira was paid to band!ts by the present government of Kaduna. They are paying bandits. They apologise to bandits. If the governor or anyone in government disagrees, let them come out to deny it, we have the evidence and proof”
-Nasir ElRufai.
Zamfara Police rescued 25 abducted women and children after bandits attacked Kuraje village, with DSP Yazid Abubakar confirming that security teams “pursued the fleeing bandits, and engaged them in a coordinated and strategic operation.”
Residents of Papiri community say bandits sent two prior warning letters to St. Mary’s Catholic Missionary School before the attack that led to the mass abduction of students in Niger State.
Kebbi State Governor Nasir Idris has demanded a full military investigation after troops withdrew from a girls’ school less than an hour before bandits abducted dozens of students despite the state providing prior intelligence alerts.
Terrorists have kidnapped an unconfirmed number of pupils from a secondary school in Nasarawa, just hours after a similar abduction in Niger State, intensifying concerns over escalating school-targeted attacks across the North-Central region.
Security agencies in Niger State have launched a coordinated forest search to rescue students abducted during a terrorist attack on St. Mary Secondary School
A police officer was killed and two suspected bandits shot dead during a violent gun battle in Guto village, Abuja.
Nigerian music producer Don Jazzy has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to demand accountability from security chiefs, insisting that terrorism must not be normalised and calling recent attacks unacceptable.
Bandits attacked Christ Apostolic Church in Eruku, Kwara State, killing three people and abducting at least ten worshippers, according to a report from the state police and local sources.