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Godwin Isenyo, Adebayo Ayinde, Olaide Oyelude, Maiharaji Altine and John Charles Published 1 May 2021Bandits are currently on the rampage in the northern part of the country, kidnapping schoolchildren and students at will. What started as coordinated attacks on villagers in communities in states in the region have worsened to brutal kidnap of students for ransom. From Katsina, Zamfara, Niger, Kaduna and lately, Benue State, bandits have caused.
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Published 30 April 2021
The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said on Friday that no fewer than 323 persons were killed and 949 kidnapped by bandits across the state in the last three months.
The Commissioner, while giving a security report in the state first quarter of 2021, also said military troops neutralised 64 bandits and arrested several gunrunners in the state.
According to Aruwan, the report covers banditry, kidnapping, cattle rustling, attacks, and reprisal attacks.
He noted that of the 323 people killed during the period under review, 20 were women and 11 were minors while
292 were males.
The Commissioner said, “The report also includes the aerial missions conducted over identified bandit hideouts and locations across the state, during which multiple scores of bandits were engaged and neutralised with their camps destroyed.
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