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Nigeria: 5 Soldiers Killed, 35 Civilians Abducted in 2 ISWAP Attacks allafrica.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from allafrica.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
• Gunmen kidnap Edo head of service, kill driver • APC govs, Sultan, CAN welcome Kankara boys • CAN calls for Leah Sharibu, others’ release Again, gunmen have abducted Katsina students. About 80 students were affected in the kidnap on Saturday night at Mahuta community in the Dandume Local Government Area of the state. The victims have, however, been rescued by police and vigilante groups, who gave the gang a hot chase that ended in the rescue of the students. The new development came just as news filtered in that the Edo State Head of Service, Anthony Okungbowa, was kidnapped and his driver killed in Benin City, the state capital. ....
Punch Newspapers Sections Adelani Adepegba and Olaide Oyelude The police in Katsina on Sunday confirmed the abduction of another set of 80 students from an Islamiya school in the state on Saturday night. All the 80 students and another four victims have, however, been rescued by security operatives. It was learnt that the 80 students were returning from an Islamic occasion when they ran into the bandits, who had earlier kidnapped the four victims and rustled some cows. Following distress calls, security operatives moved in and tackled the bandits, leading to the rescue of the students and the four other victims. According to the police, there was no casualty during the gun duel. ....
5 soldiers killed, 35 civilians abducted in 2 ISWAP attacks On We’ve rescued 80 students, 4 others – Police Four killed in S’Kaduna reprisal attacks-as more troops are deployed to flashpoints High rate of kidnapping in Nigeria worrisome Archbishop Kaigama By Kingsley Omonobi, Bashir Bello, Ibrahim HassanWuyo & Luminous Jannamike Five soldiers were killed by Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, in an ambush on a military convoy in Borno State, weekend. ISWAP split from the mainstream Boko Haram six years ago and rose to become a dominant group. This came as no fewer than 35 people were kidnapped on Friday, also by ISWAP militants at a fake checkpoint in Garin Kuturu village outside Jakana, 25 kilometres from Maiduguri, Borno State. ....
Police, vigilante rescue 84 Katsina students kidnapped by bandits On By Bashir Bello A fresh attack by bandits last Saturday night to kidnap another set and scores of Islamic school students have been foiled in Dandume local government area of Katsina State. Information from the area revealed that the students (Islammiyya students) numbering over hundred attend Maulud celebration in a neighbouring village, Unguwar Al-Kasim, and were on their way home, Mahuta village, when the incident happened. A source in the area, Sagir Dandume said his younger sister, was among the Islammiyya students kidnapped by the bandits but have since regained freedom. ....