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Troops of the 401 Special Forces Brigade, Nigerian Army in collaboration with Sector One have rescued a member of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, and six other victims from kidnappers in Tse-Annaka, along Wukari/Zaki-Biam, in Ukum local government area of Benue State. The corps member was identified as a 29-year-old law graduate, Samuel Muekara.
Army rescue kidnapped corps member, others in Benue
Troops of the 401 Special Forces Brigade, Nigerian Army in collaboration with Sector One have rescued a member of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, and six other victims from kidnappers in Tse-Annaka, along Wukari/Zaki-Biam, in Ukum local government area of Benue State.
The corps member was identified as a 29-year-old law graduate, Samuel Muekara.
Other rescued victims who were kidnapped at different dates and times within the same location include Anaelechi Bob, 32, Ayuba Luka, 28, Ibrahim Umar, 30, Rabiu Muhammad, 48, Buhari Ahmadu Saleh, 17 and Blessing Ayuba, 47.
A security personnel who spoke with DAILY POST on condition of anonymity identified the bandits terrorising the Sankara axis as “Full Fire”, Ayongo, Chen and his group.
He said the bandits belong to the gang of the notorious criminal kingpin in Benue, late Terwase Akwaza, also known as Gana
“These notorious armed bandits are well known to the people living in those areas and any attempt to get information from them, they claim not to know, whereas they know them.
“The people must understand that security is a collective effort from all and sundry and therefore, the communities should be able to always volunteer necessary information to security agencies, especially our troops to help them fish out the perpetrators of crime among them,” he said.
Some of the rescued victims who spoke at the military camp in Zaki–Biam, Ukum local government area where they were taken to, said they were kidnapped and kept hostage for days before the intervention of the military troops.
“Some of us were taken to the neighbouring settlements like Chito village, Adamawa village, Atereyange village, Ututu village and Pevkyaa village all of Ukum local government area where these heavily armed bandits are using as their hideouts.
“These armed bandits have made kidnapping in these communities their major source of income and they do it in broad daylight without fear.
”They are living with their families who usually come to give us food in their hideouts. People living around there see them perpetrating these evils but they are helpless to voice it out for fear of their lives.
“One of us (victims) known as Rabiu Muhammad who came to pay ransom for his cousin Ibrahim Umar, became a kidnapped victim himself after he had paid the ransom”, one of the victims said.
Another victim identified as Blessing Ayuba said she was also kidnapped after she came to pay a ransom for her son, Luka Ayuba.
On his part, the rescued youth corps member said that after the families of seven victims jointly raised over N20 million and paid as ransom with other valuables worth millions of naira forcibly taken away, they were still held captive until the military came to their rescue.
The federal government and the military have been urged to sustain the ongoing fight against banditry, as it is the only option left to restore peace and stability in the Northwest zone. Addressing newsmen in Gusau, Zamfara State capital, farmer, Auwal Babangida said that the bandits have caused significant economic damages in the zone, noting
Zamfara farmer urges Nigerian govt to expose bandits’ sponsors, sustain fight
The federal government and the military have been urged to sustain the ongoing fight against banditry, as it is the only option left to restore peace and stability in the Northwest zone.
Addressing newsmen in Gusau, Zamfara State capital, farmer, Auwal Babangida said that the bandits have caused significant economic damages in the zone, noting it is the reason for food insecurity.
“Banditry is responsible for the collapse of agricultural activities, hence the escalation of foodstuffs price, as farmers are not allowed by bandits to do their farming activities.
“The federal government, which is responsible for the security of lives and properties of citizens, seemed to have been sleeping but has now woken up from its slumber”.
Babangida noted that the government cannot treat the issue of security of lives and properties with a mere wave of hand.
He advised the federal government to ensure that it exposes the sponsors of banditry and bring them to justice, irrespective of their positions.
“No individual is above the power of the government unless the government does not want to respond effectively”
“It has become very imperative for the government to take action and find out the unseen hands behind banditry, especially as some prominent individuals have been pointing accusing fingers at each other over involvements in banditry.
The farmer recalled that three Emirs and many district heads were dethroned in Zamfara State, over alleged banditry, “but they are still moving freely in the country.
“Again, lawmakers in the State House of Assembly, a traditional leader and a former local government chairman were arrested and detained over alleged banditry, but nobody can exactly tell how the case ended.”
He insisted that the bandits in the Northwest were not operating on their own, saying it was the duty of the federal government and security agencies to uncover the unseen hands.
Zamfara farmer urges Nigerian govt to expose bandits’ sponsors, sustain fight
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The Osun State Police Command announced on Wednesday that it has arrested seven suspects for selling human parts and water used to bathe corpses in the state. A statement signed by the Acting Police Public Relations Officer for Osun Command, Emmanuel Giwa-Alade, noted that those arrested included two mortuary attendants: Johnson Daniel, aged 43, and