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Terrorists Abduct 9 Farmers In Niger
No fewer than 9 people, including a nursing mother and her less than one-year-old baby, have been abducted in Kuchi community of Munya Local Government Area of Niger State.
Daily Trust Saturday gathered that no life was lost in the attack, but dozens of people have fled their homes to Sarkin-Pawa, the headquarters of Munya Local Government, as well as Gwada displaced persons’ camp in Shiroro Local Government Area and Minna, the state capital.
The police public relations officer, Niger State command, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, who confirmed the incident, said 9 people were kidnapped.
Abiodun said police tactical teams with vigilante members had been drafted to the area to trail the hoodlums and rescue the victims.
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The fleeing villagers, however, said 50 people were kidnapped in the area during a heavy rain that fell around 2am on Friday.
It was gathered that after the victims were taken out of their homes about 2am on Friday, terrorists, alongside their captives, got trapped for hours without access to their exit route to move out of Munya Local Government because of the overflow of Dangunu River, a few kilometers from the attacked community due to heavy downpour.
Multiple sources said if security operatives were on ground to engage the terrorists immediately, the victims would have been rescued before they exited the community.
Sani Abubakar Yusuf Kokki, co-convener of Concerned Shiroro Youths, said, “Terrorists in their large numbers invaded the town (Kuchi) in the midnight, which resulted in mass abduction of people. They stormed the community around 2am while it was raining, and instantly launched a house-to-house operation and assembled their victims for onward movement to their enclave.”
One of the displaced persons also told our correspondent that the bandits kidnapped many people.
Kuchi, one of the largest farming communities in Munya Local Government, has suffered incessant attacks and dozens of residents displaced in the last few months.
DAILY TRUST
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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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