Category: Crime

How Bandits Attacked Nigerian Defence Academy, Kill Two Officers, Abduct One


Bandits have attacked the permanent site of the Nigerian Defence Academy in Kaduna State, killing two officers and abducting one other officer.
The Spokesman for the academy in the state Major Bashir Muhd Jajira confirmed that that the incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday.


“The security architecture of the Nigerian Defence Academy was compromised early this morning by unknown gunmen,” Jajira said in a statement.
“We lost two personnel and one was abducted.”
The bandits who came in a vehicle were said to have passed through the security gate into the academy, disguised in military uniforms, after which they proceeded to the officers’ quarters.


On arrival, they began shooting sporadically and in the process, killed two officers (a Major and a Squadron Leader), and later on, took another Major away through the nearby bush inside the academy.
The sound of the gunfire, however, alerted the troops of the NDA Quick Response Team, who arrived at the scene, but were unable to rescue the kidnapped officer as the bandits were already gone with the victim.


A combined team of security operatives has now launched a manhunt of the bandits inside the bush including air surveillance with a view to arresting them and rescuing the kidnapped officer.


The Nigerian Defence Academy is located few metres away from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization Afaka, in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, where 39 students were abducted by bandits in March.

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Bandits Will Remain Business Until Military Bomb The Forests, Eliminate All – El Rufai


Kaduna Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has said the only way to put an end to banditry in the country is for the military to bomb the forests where they are hiding and eliminate them completely.


“We need the combination of air power, and we need troops on the ground augmented by local expertise and knowledge. We need just one, two, three months operation to just try to kill all the bandits. It’s the only way to stop this. So long as these bandits are being paid, it’ll remain a business. So the only option that we have is to ensure that we kill them all.”


The Kaduna governor claimed there has been a decline in the operation of bandits across the northern part of the country. He said the reduction in banditry is due to the efforts of the Nigerian air force.


“I’m very happy that the chief of air staff has been bombing them. So, you’ll see there’s a decline in banditry. What you see is the coordinated action with air power, use of drones.”

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Gunmen Kill UK-based Nigerian Woman Who Visited Her Country For Mother’s Burial

A UK-based Nigerian woman, who returned to the country for her mother’s burial, was shot dead along the Lagos/Ibadan expressway in the presence of her children.


Bolanle Aworetan Omojuwa hosted loved ones at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, to celebrate her late mother’s life. After the funeral reception, she decided to visit Oyo State.


Unfortunately, while travelling with her two children on Thursday, August 19, 2021, she was shot dead in her car by gunmen at the Guru Maharaji village, on the Lagos/Ibadan expressway.

Jos Killings: ‘We will not forgive and forget’ – Islamic cleric threatens retaliation


An Islamic cleric, Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi, the leader of the Tijjania Islamic Movement, has vowed that if compensation is not paid to the families of his members who were killed and injured in Jos, Plateau State, on Saturday, August 14, his followers will take extreme retaliatory actions as they will neither “forgive, nor forget” the incident.


Sheikh Bauchi, while appearing on a BBC Hausa Service programme on Tuesday, called on Governor Simon Lalong and the Plateau State government to expedite actions in paying the compensation to the families of his followers or they will bring down the state.


Sheikh Bauchi also urged Gov. Lalong to not only compensate the victims but also ensure there is no recurrence of such incidents.
“Each time my people are on their way, travelling to deliver the gospel of Allah, they get attacked and killed in Jos, Plateau State. As a result of this, we will take action now.


“But this time, we will not forgive and forget. We will take action that is acceptable by the Islamic religion,” Sheikh Bauchi said
“We are calling on the Plateau State governor to pay compensation to those that were killed and those that were injured. The Plateau State government should promise that such will never happen again.


“We are waiting for the government’s quick intervention and decision. If the government’s decision is not okay with us, we will take action by our hands.


“We are giving them a time frame to make a decision. But for now, we will remain calm and wait for them but let me warn them that if they refuse to do what we want, they will regret it,” Sheikh Bauchi said.

Over 500 bandits lay siege on Zamfara town over arrest of leaders’ father


Bandits, numbering over 500, on Friday laid siege on Tsafe town, the headquarters of Tsafe local government area, in Zamfara State, to protest the arrest of Alhaji Masume, father to two notorious bandits in the State.


The siege was led by one Ado Aleru and his immediate younger brother, Sanata.
Aleru is one of the notorious bandits in Zamfara and Katsina states. In 2020, after leading attacks in four villages in one day, the Katsina Police Command placed a bounty of N5 million for anyone who provided information on the bandit’s whereabouts.


According to a local, Abubakar Balarabe, who spoke to newsmen, said the bandits blocked the railway intersection leading to Gusau, located just outside the town.
He added that the bandits divided themselves under the leadership of the two children: Aleru and Sanata.


“We counted 340 bikes. Ado led the Munhaye troops and his brother, Sanata, led the east troops”, he stated.
He, however, said they didn’t know whether the bandits’ father was released, “but we felt he has been released because if he was not released, the bandits would have attacked the town”.


The Police spokesperson in the state, SP Mohammed Shehu, didn’t respond to the SMS sent to him by this PressExpress reporter on the siege.

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News Update, Sunday, 22/08/2021

** 21st Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III, reverses grandfather’s curse, blesses Nigeria

** Atiku’s memo to PDP sparks speculations over 2023 presidential ambition

** Lai Mohammed calls for promotion of culture, tradition in Nigeria

** Former Oyo military governor, Olurin is dead

** Couple discover they are siblings after 10 years of marriage

** Tobi Bakre eulogises his bride as he shares more pre-wedding pix

** Anita Okoye demands 7.8 million naira spousal support

** Boko Haram: Suspected supplier of chemical weapon arrested

** Repentant insurgents can be prosecuted—Lai Mohammed

** 2021 World Photography Day:NIPR Chair, Otufodunrin, Arogundade others grace PJAN lecture

** I prayed and you came’- BBNaija’s Tobi Bakre reveals how God sent his fiancée

** Strike:FG reaches new agreement with resident doctors

** COVID-19: Ogun receives another batch of Moderna vacines

** Shi’ites petition EU, UN, others over seizure of El-Zakzaky’s passports

** Plateau leads delegation to Ondo over attacks on citizens, delivery survivors to Akeredolu

** UNIZIK student commits suicide over tuition hike

** COVID-19: Borno confirms receiving 66,336 doses of moderna vaccine

** UN concerned about violence in Tigray

** Impossible’ to evacuate all allied Afghans by Aug 31- EU

** Kenya 2021: Nigeria third on medals table with three gold, two bronze

** Nadal to miss US Open with season-ending foot injury

** Inter Milan open Serie A title defence with 4-0 thumping of Genoa *********

GOOD MORNING!

Student activist assassinated moments after appearing before a probe panel


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Yusuf Nurudeen, a student activist at the Lagos State University, (LASU) has been killed by gunmen suspected to be assassins in front of the university gate hours after appearing before the school’s disciplinary committee.


The university had accused the deceased student of alleged admission racketeering and unlawful possession of university documents and ordered the student to appear before a disciplinary committee. But it is alleged that the committee had been postponing the sitting for unknown reasons since January 2020 until he was killed on Wednesday, August 18.


According to reports, Nurudeen was shot in the company of a staff activist who had openly expressed his support for Nurudeen. The student died on the spot and his body was evacuated to the morgue, while the staff activist is said to be in a coma.


Before his alleged assassination, Nurudeen was a leader in the Education Rights Campaign (ERC) platform that campaigns for free education in Nigerian universities. He had described the probe as an attempt to frame him for being an outspoken opposition to the management of the school.


Nurudeen is said to have gotten married barely six months ago and is a father to a three-month-old child.

Suspected Boko Haram financiers slam 53 cases against AGF over alleged unlawful detention


Some suspected Boko Haram financiers have dragged the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, before a Federal High Court in Abuja with 53 different suits challenging what they termed their unlawful detention by the government of Nigeria.


In the cases instituted separately, the alleged Boko Haram financiers are claiming that the Federal Government is violating their individual fundamental human rights by detaining them beyond the stipulated constitutional period and without initiating criminal charges against them for whatever crimes.


They are seeking an order of court to terminate their alleged unlawful incarceration and monetary compensation from the government for curtailing their rights to freedom of movement in breach of their constitutionally guaranteed rights and losses in their businesses.


Plaintiffs who have been in the custody of security agents for over a month are Bureau de Change Operators alleged to have been using their services to advance the cause of Boko Haram terrorists.


The AGF is however claiming that the plaintiffs were hauled into detention on account of allegedly offering material and financial support to the dreaded Boko Haram terrorists unleashing mayhem on Nigerian citizens mainly in the North Eastern part of the country.


Malami, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), alleged that the plaintiffs have been providing finance and resources to the terrorists thereby sustaining them in the heinous crimes against the government of the federation.


The AGF is further claiming that the suspects are being detained on the valid order of court pending completion of investigation into their activities to determine the level of their individual complicity.


However at the Federal High Court, where their cases were listed for mention before a vacation judge, Justice Ahmed Ramat Mohammed, some of the suits were consolidated due to their similarities in claims against the Federal Government.


Justice Mohammed, whose period as a vacation judge terminated today and is set to proceed for a national assignment outside Nigeria, fixed September 1.2021 for further mention of the matters.


He ordered parties in the suits to file and exchange processes as required by law to facilitate quick determination of issues in dispute.
Malami had, during the last Eid el Kabir sallah, told the media inside the Presidential Villa that over 40 alleged financiers of Boko Haram suspects have been found and promised that the Federal Ministry of Justice would put them on trial after completion of their interrogation.

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