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SPECIAL REPORT: How bandits terrorised Kagara for years before students abduction The only commercial bank in Kagara was shut down since September 2, 2020 when it was raided by bandits who carted away the cash they found in the vaults. 7 min read Ahmad Abubakar narrowly escaped being killed on his farm in Madaka, near Kagara, in 2020. The retired secondary school teacher resides in Kagara, the headquarters of Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, where 42 persons, including 27 schoolboys, were abducted from Government Science College on February 17. The year before Mr Abu...

Punch Newspapers Sections Kayode Oyero Popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, on Monday, said bandits were pushed by circumstances and only killed for “revenge”. He said the bandits have only killed a “few” people accidentally. The cleric spoke while featuring on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme monitored by The PUNCH. Of late, Sheikh Gumi has been seen in photos holding talks with notorious bandits in the forests of Zamfara, Niger and other states. He had also advocated blanket amnesty for the bandits like was done for the militants in the Niger Delta regi...

Some of the students say they were notified of the attack before it happened.

Four days after the attack and abduction of 42 students, staff and their relatives at Government Science College in Kagara, Rafi Council of Niger State by armed bandits, the town remained in confusion. When The Guardian visited the sleepy agrarian community yesterday, rumours of the release of the abductees added to the apprehension and anxiety of parents and relatives, who seemed confused as to whether to believe the cheering rumour or its denial by the state government. But they remain optimistic, hoping that sooner than later; their loved ones would breathe the air of freedom. ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Adelani Adepegba, Maiharaji Altine and Adebayo Ayinla Niger State Government on Thursday stepped up efforts to rescue students and workers of Government Science College, Kagara who were abducted on Wednesday. A competent source, who spoke on condition of anonymity for security reasons,  told one of our correspondents that officials of Niger and Zamfara state governments met some bandits at Dutsin Magaji of Kotonkoro forest in the  Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State on Thursday evening. The source stated, “The committee from Niger State went to Kotonkoro fo...