Tag: Fulani Bandits
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Yahaya Bello orders suspension of traditional ruler, queries LG Chairman
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has ordered the immediate suspension of the Ohi of Eganyi and Chairman, Ajaokuta Traditional Area Council, Alhaji Musa Achuja. Bello’s directives followed an investigation that led to the traditional ruler’s arrest and detention by security agencies. This is contained in a statement by Bello’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Onogwu Mohammed on Sunday.…
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FG to deploy Super Tucano against bandits, terrorists – Malami
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), on Tuesday, said the Federal Government is ready to deploy Super Tucano fighter jets against bandits and terrorists. He also said his office was in the process of gazetting a court judgement that ordered the government to declare bandits as terrorists, adding that…
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Don’t despise Ortom’s words of caution- Unongo
The former Minister of Power and Steel, Paul Unongo, has urged Nigerians as well as the Federal Government not to despise Governor Samuel Ortom’s words of caution over the security situation in the country. Unongo, said this at a stakeholders meeting held in Government House in Makurdi on Monday, dismissed the notion that the Ortom…
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Gunmen kidnap Niger Commissioner of Information
Niger State Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Mr. Mohammed Idris, was on Sunday kidnapped by unknown gunmen at Baban Tunga Village of Tarfa Local Government Area of the state. The Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Ahmed Matane, confirmed the situation, according to him, the gunmen who came on about fifteen motorcycles with sophisticated weapons…
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Amotekun Arrests Six Suspected Fulani Bandits in Oyo
Operatives of Oyo State Security Network Agency comprising Amotekun Corps in collaboration with Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) and Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN) in the early hours of Thursday apprehended six suspected bandits at Kajola local government area of the state while on their joint routine patrol along two separate routes within the council. A…