The Police Command in Kebbi on Saturday confirmed that bandits killed 88 people in Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of the state on Thursday. The command’s Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Nafi’u Abubakar who confirmed the figure, said all the victims were killed in eight different communities in the local government area. According to.The Advocate
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A family of 10 has been kidnapped at Agbo Hotel in Ajaawa community, Ogo Oluwa Local Government Area of Oyo State.
Radio Nigeria gathered that the victims included the owner of the hotel, Hon. Olukunle Oyedokun, his younger wife, his baby, two daughters, granddaughter, sister-in-law with her son and a guest at the hotel
The abductors were said to have invaded the hotel behind CAC Primary School, Lagbedu Road at about 10pm on Saturday.
The perpetrators reportedly fired shots into the air sporadically, after which they seized the 10 victims and took them to an unknown destination through the bush.
Two of those in the hotel when the kidnappers struck fortunately escaped being abducted.
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Tragedy struck on Thursday evening along Owerri – Onitsha in Eziama Obiato Community in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State when one of the bullets fired by some jubilating soldiers at the army checkpoint at Ukwu Orji allegedly hit a woman in the community.
The 46-year-old mother of four and native of Umuagha village in Eziama Obiato community, Chikodi Ofoegbu, was said to be working in the farm when the bullet hit her.
According to a report by The Nation, the incident caused panic as youths were reportedly gearing for protests.
Eyewitnesses, said the officers were jubilating safe return of one of their colleagues, who was thought to have been dead following the Easter Monday’s attack on the army checkpoint by gunmen.
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Bandits have kidnapped over 60 women and children at Gidan Baushe village in the Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
They, however, released eight men, who were abducted along with the women.
An eyewitness, Malam Rikwanu Abubakar, said the bandits also set many shops and foodstuffs on fire.
Abubakar said, “The bandits who were moving with their animals came to the village in the afternoon of Wednesday and demanded foodstuffs from the villagers.
“When the bandits realised that the villagers were not ready to give them, they started shooting into the air and the people fled in different directions.”