Bandits Abduct 18 Police Officers In Kaduna
Birnin Gwari Emirate Progressives Union (BEPU) reports that the whereabouts of 18 Police Officers attacked along Birnin Gwari Funtua road on Friday 15 January 2021 is unascertained.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Jan 16, 2021
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted 18 police officers around Farin-Ruwa junction along the Birnin Gwari- Funtua road in Kaduna State.
SaharaReporters gathered that the policemen were on transit from Minna in Niger State to Kano State when they were attacked on Friday.
However, Sources said about 10 of the police officers were rescued by military operatives at Maganda on Saturday.
Birnin Gwari Emirate Progressives Union (BEPU) Chairman, Barrister Salisu Haruna, confirmed the attack in a statement.
Dauji, Abdullahi Kachalla, Bashuje, Dogo Nabajala, Rusku
have taken over from Idris Miyaye, Sheman Daji
Says bandits now kidnap in presence of security men and
nothing happens
Reveals dangerous drug they inject is called ‘Fanta’
Sometime in 2019, you visited the bandits in Dunbun Muazu and Dankolo in Sabuwa and Dandume LGAs respectively where they told you some conditions to cease fire. Are you still in touch with them?
Even this week, I travelled to the area, especially Dunbun Muazu in Sabuwa LGA. The issue is that, even with these bandits, their leadership is never stable. Those I met the other time when I went there have now been dislodged by the younger ones. The other time when I went, the leadership I met were Idris Miyaye and Sheman Daji. The area is now controlled by bandits like Dauji, Abdullahi Kachalla, Bashuje, Dogo Nabajala and Rusku.
…Says bandits now kidnap in presence of security men and nothing happens
…Recommends negotiation since security men have failed
…Reveals dangerous drug they inject is called ‘Fanta’
By Bashir Bello
Lawal Sa’idu, is a Katsina-based journalist. Sometime in 2019, he visited the bandits in their hideout in Dunbun Muazu and Dankolo in Sabuwa and Dandume Local Government Area of Katsina state and his observations and thoughts were published in Vanguard.
He feared then that activities of the bandits could lead to famine and that one way to end banditry was to engage the bandits in farming after a seeming amnesty that would disarm them. He said he saw up to 1000 bandits wielding AK47 riffles in the forest, alerting that danger loomed. We reached out to Lawal Saidu again last week and he, again, spoke with us. Excerpts:
Daily Post Nigeria
Published
Some gunmen suspected to be armed bandits on Wednesday, stormed Albasun Liman Village in Sabuwa Local Government Area in Katsina State, kidnapping nine persons.
DAILY POST reports that among the kidnapped persons was a student of Government Secondary School Damari in the state.
According to residents of the area, the attack took place at about 12:30 am on Wednesday, December 30, 2020.
“The villagers had already gone to bed when we started hearing gun shots that woke everybody from sleep,” one of the villagers lamented.
A source told our reporter that the kidnapped student was identified as Umar Muawiya, SS2 student of Government Secondary School Damari in Sabuwa Local Government Area of the state.