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Unknown gunmen suspected to be oil thieves have killed a soldier and made away with his weapon in Apoi Community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa.
The Katsina police spokesperson, Gambo Isah, confirmed the arrest of the former chairman.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Feb 08, 2021
The police in Katsina State have arrested a former caretaker chairman of the Jibia Local Government Area of the state, Haruna Musa Mota, over alleged ties with bandits.
The Katsina police spokesperson, Gambo Isah, confirmed the arrest of the former chairman.
He added that Mota was arrested for allegedly aiding and abetting bandits operating in the state and had already been charged to court.
SaharaReporters recalled that an audio recording had resurfaced recently where Mota was heard discussing with a commander of a banditry group, Awulu, over last December abduction of over 300 students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara.
EXCLUSIVE: Katsina Government Paid Us N30m Ransom For Release Of Kankara Schoolboys Bandits Leader, Awulu
In a leaked telephone conversation between Awulu and a former council boss in Katsina State, the bandits commander admitted the group collected N30m from the state government.
by Saharareporters, New York
Feb 04, 2021
Awulu, a top commander in the banditry group that abducted over 300 schoolboys in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State has said the government paid the group N30 million ransom before the boys were released.
This is contrary to the claims by the Nigerian government and Zamfara and Katsina state governments that no ransom was paid to free the students.
Governor Abdulahi Sule recently confirmed the presence of the Boko Haram terrorist group in the state, saying they were regrouping and causing more havoc, amid security challenges bedevilling the state.
He disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, to seek support over the growing insecurity in his state.
The governor, who said the group was part of the elements fueling the security challenges in the state, recalled that the terrorists had earlier been dislodged from their camp in Toto Local Government Area of the state before regrouping at the Nasarawa/Benue border, from where they now launch attacks on residents.