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Gunmen kidnap three Benue varsity students, Zaria housewives, children
Gunmen have abducted three students of the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, in Benue State, and two housewives with their children from their Zaria homes in Kaduna State.
The students were reportedly kidnapped on Sunday in the College of Engineering area of the school.
Director of Information, Protocol and Public Relations Unit, Rosemary Waku, confirmed the development on Monday but did not give the number of students abducted.
“An unconfirmed number of students of FUAM were abducted at gunpoint by unknown persons from the campus on Sunday 25th April 2021. The university has reported the incident to the police and all relevant security agencies.
“The university has not heard anything from the students or their captors since the unfortunate incident took place.”
Spokesperson for the police in the state, Catherine Anene, said the commissioner of police had ordered investigation into the incident.
The development is coming less than a week after students of Greenfield University, Kaduna, were abducted, three of who were later found dead.
Meanwhile, another set of bandits, who invaded Kofar Kuyambana Low-cost estate in the Zaria area of Kaduna, abducted two housewives and three children.
The gunmen were said to have stormed the Kuyambana community around 10pm on Sunday and attacked two houses in the area.
Five Almajiri children were said to have been hit by stray bullets during the attack.
Five out of the suspected gunmen, who invaded the communities, were also said to have been arrested.
Kaduna Police Command spokesman, ASP Mohammad Jalige, who confirmed the attack, said only two criminal suspects were arrested and the Command will issue a statement on the incident.
A source said the gunmen first invaded a Customs officer’s house and seized his wife, Maryam Bala Ibrahim, with her three children but they abandoned the children on the way and fled with the mother.
The source added the bandits attacked another house in the neighbourhood where they abducted another woman, Hulera Haruna.
It was however gathered that the police and Kaduna Vigilance groups repelled the bandits from further attacks on the community.
It was learnt it was in the crossfire with the criminals that five Almajiris from the neighborhood were hit by stray bullets.
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200,000 repentant terrorists surrender, drop arms in North East – CDS
200,000 repentant terrorists surrender, drop arms in North East – CDS
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has disclosed that about 200,000 repentant terrorists have so far dropped their arms and surrendered to troops in the North East, noting that the twin strategy of kinetic and non-kinetic operations was responsible for this achievement.
The CDS made this known at the Security and Justice Symposium organised by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) in collaboration with the British High Commission, which began at the National Counterterrorism Centre in Abuja on Tuesday.
He disclosed that the theme of the symposium, ”Securing Peace, Ensuring Justice, Protection, Conduct, and Accountability,” speaks volumes about the deluge of security challenges the armed forces and security agencies are facing.
His words, “All the challenges we are facing today have to do with fairness, equity, justice, and accountability.
“There will not be peace without justice, equity, fairness, and accountability. In our operations, we are conducting both kinetic and non-kinetic strategies, which have to a large extent yielded significant successes, and we want to particularly thank the National Security Adviser for his great support in this regard.
“Nigeria is going through so many challenges, and we feel we’re able to address this, and everybody has a sense of belonging. A lot of the security challenges we are having, we are sure, will go down. I want to thank the National Security Advisor for all the support he’s given us, both the kinetic and the non-kinetic.
“We have said it; the kinetic aspect is just less than 30%. The non-kinetic has a lot to play. The non-kinetic, because when you have democracy, people must have the evidence of democracy. As long as it tells people to sleep well and be peaceful, and they are hungry, their children cannot eat, and all this creates more problems.
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“The issue of informants. We have to look at how we tackle this issue of informants. Because these are the people who have created the issue.
200,000 repentant terrorists surrender, drop arms in North East – CDS
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Robbers kill two members in shoot-out with Delta police
Robbers kill two members in shoot-out with Delta police
The spokesperson for the police in Delta State, SP Bright Edafe, has confirmed the death of two robbery suspects in the state.
Mr Edafe, who disclosed this to journalists on Tuesday in Warri, said that the deceased were killed from the bullets shot by their gang members.
According to him, the incident occurred on Wednesday at Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of the state.
Mr Edafe explained that the deceased were leading the police surveillance team attached to the Ekpan Division to their hideout when they were caught during a shoot-out.
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“The suspects were arrested at Effurun roundabout with a bag containing 57 live cartridges and other items. They were leading the surveillance team to their hideout at Warri/Sapele road when their gang members, on sighting the vehicle of the police team, engaged them in a shootout.During the gun duel, the arrested suspects that were leading the police team were fatally wounded by the gun shot of their colleagues. The two injured suspects were taken to the hospital and later died while receiving treatment,” he said.
Mr Edafe said that items recovered from the hoodlums hideout included: one English pump action gun, one locally made cut-to-size gun and eight live cartridges.
Others were: six iPhones, Smart phones and a Rolex wrist watch.
He said that the command had intensified manhunt on the fleeing members of the gang.
Robbers kill two members in shoot-out with Delta police
(NAN)
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