Bandits Carry Six Federal Directors, Kill Pregnant Woman Plus Others For Sokoto

Bandits don strike again as six directors of Ministry of Defence don get kidnapped while dem dey travel from Lagos to Abuja for promotion examination, ASCSN don report on Tuesday. ASCSN President Shehu Mohammed and Secretary-General Joshua Apebo talk say Defence Ministry don mobilise security make sure di abducted officers safe. Di kidnapped directors na Mrs Ngozi Ibeziakor, Mrs C.A. Emeribe, Mrs C. Helen Ezeakor, Mrs C.A. Ladoye, Mrs J.A. Onwuzurike, and Mrs Catherine O. Essien, all staff of Command Day Secondary School, Ojo, Lagos. Di union warn say government suppose decentralise promotion exercises, because long-distance travel dey put workers life for risk, and continued neglect fit cause more wahala.

Meanwhile for Sokoto State, suspected bandits attack Alkalije village, Yabo LGA, kill five people including one pregnant woman, and injure two others wey dey hospital now. Community leader talk say di gunmen dey cross from Kebbi State and Silame, dey kill, kidnap, and collect levies, and call for permanent security post. Sokoto police spokesman DSP Ahmad Rufa’i say dem never receive official report but go investigate. For Kebbi State, police arrest 27-year-old Buba Garba for Illo District, recover two locally made guns and four cartridges, after e stab one vigilante wey dey try arrest am. Case don transfer go State Criminal Investigation Department, Birnin Kebbi.