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The spate of insecurity in the country assumed a more dangerous dimension on Monday as Boko Haram insurgents made inroads into Niger State and gunmen killed two students of Greenfield University in Kaduna state.
Also on Monday, the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue State, Professor Richard Kimbir, said kidnappers attacked the institution on Saturday night.
In Kebbi State, the police said nine of their personnel were killed by bandits in the Sakaba Local Government Area of the state.
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The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union, SOKAPU, has observed with concern that the widening of the corridor of terror and the creation of more ungoverned spaces in Kaduna State, particularly in Southern Kaduna, give residents sleepless nights.
The forum recalled that the governor of Niger State, Abubakar Bello, had on Monday raised alarmed that part of Niger state has been captured by the Islamic extremist terror group, Boko Haram.
He said that the group even hoisted its flag on a community called Kaure in Shiroro Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger state.
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Suspected armed bandits have killed 35 persons and kidnapped 145 members of Kaduna Baptist Conference from January to April, 2021.
Its President, Rev. Ishaya Adamu Jangado, while lamenting the security situation in Kaduna explained that, “It’s so sad that we wake up with the daily heartbreaking news of killings and kidnapping of our people in Kaduna State.”
He added, “It is on record that in Kaduna Baptist Conference, from January to April 2021, our members have gone through the agony of kidnapping and killings of their loved ones.”
Among other places where their members have been killed and kidnapped, Rev. Ishaya Adamu Jangado gave some names as Buruku, Gadani, Gwagwada, Kasuwan Magani, Kakau, Sabon- Tasha and Udawa Baptist associations.