Barely 48 hours after bandits killed 19 people in Birnin Gwari and Kajuru Local Government areas of Kaduna State, no fewer than 23 people have been killed and many others injured during separate attacks on five councils.
The affected local government areas are Chikun, Igabi, Giwa, Birnin Gwari all in Kaduna Central Zone and Kauru in the southern part of the state.
Giving an update on the incident, the Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, explained in a statement that the attacks occurred in the last 24 hours.
According to him, 10 people were killed and three others were injured at Ungwan Gajere community of Kutemeshi ward of Birnin Gwari Local Government, while one person was shot dead between Sarkin Baka and Dankyawai village in Igabi Local Government Area.
John Shiklam in Kaduna and Michael Olugbode in Maiduguri
Gunmen yesterday abducted about 26 people along the Kaduna-Kachia road and Kugo village, in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. While 21 of the victims were, reportedly, kidnaped along the Kaduna-Kachia road, five women were abducted at Kugo village, near Godani Railway Station, Chikun Local Government Area, on their way to the farm. Both incidents occurred Friday.
However, in Borno State, about 246 suspected Boko Haram members, reportedly, laid down their arms and surrendered as part of the current efforts at ceasefire.
The counsellor representing Zonkwa ward in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of the state, Luka Bako, was among those abducted along the Kaduna-Kachia road, but he miraculously escaped.
Troops rescue 4, arrest 3 bandits in Kaduna – Commissioner
The commissioner explains that the women were abducted on their way to the farm.
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The Kaduna State Government has confirmed that troops of `Operation Thunder Strike’ have rescued two kidnapped women at Gadanin Gwari in Gwagwada District of Chikun Local Government Area (LGA) of the state.
The state government also confirmed the police have rescued two other persons abducted at Kurmin Idon axis of Kaduna-Kachia Road in Kajuru LGA.
This is contained in a statement issued by Samuel Aruwan, the state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, on Saturday.
Mr Aruwan said the troops captured three suspected bandits.
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Troops of the Operation Thunder Strike have rescued two women said to have been kidnapped at Gadanin Gwari of Gwagwada district of Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
The women were on their farms when the bandits struck and took them away.
However, the State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, said on Saturday that the troops engaged them and forced the bandits to abandon the abductees.
Similarly, Aruwan said operatives attached to the State Police Command rescued two persons abducted at Kurmin Idon along Kaduna-Kachia Road in Kajuru Local Government Area of the state.