Food-hunting bandits raid Niger communities, kill two, abduct 15 women
Adebayo Ayinde, Minna
Bandits said to be numbering about 200 on Sunday invaded some communities in Munya and Paikoro local government areas of Niger State, killing two vigilantes, a middle age man and injuring about 15 others in an operation which the villagers said was targeted only at foodstuffs.
About 15 women were abducted and made to help the bandits carry the looted foodstuffs from the communities. They however promised to release the women after helping them to take the foodstuffs to a particular location.
Communities invaded by the bandits include Beni, old and new Dalolo, Aboloso, Ishau and Amale, all in the Paikoro LGA, while Gwari Nyayi, Kabiri and Biri in Munya LGA were also raided.
It’s North-Central’s turn to produce President – Niger Assembly
Adebayo Ayinde, Minna
The Niger State House of Assembly, on Thursday, said the successor to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), should come from the North-Central zone.
The lawmakers also endorsed the presidential bid of the Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello.
The assembly took the decision when 25 lawmakers from Kogi State under the leadership of the Speaker, Mathew Olusola, paid an advocacy visit to solicit support for Bello.
The Niger State lawmakers noted that it was time for the zone to come together to support Bello’s ambition, noting that “as a young and vibrant governor, and with the ‘not too young to run bill’ already assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari, he (Bello) remains the best candidate for the number one position in 2023.”
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Adebayo Ayinde, Minna
BANDITS on Monday ambushed local vigilantes and killed no fewer than seven and injured several others in the Mashegu Local Government Area of Niger state.
The bandits were said to have also burnt over 50 motorcycles belonging to the vigilante
The incident was said to have occurred when the vigilantes mobilised to launch an attack on the bandits hideout after they (bandits) had killed seven farmers in the area two weeks earlier.
The Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Ibrahim Matane, who confirmed the development to our correspondent, described it as “unfortunate”.
Matane, however, explained that government in collaboration with all the security agencies in the state had begun a massive assault on bandits lurking around forests in the state saying, “Recently, the security agencies burnt down completely one of the camps of the bandits.”