Bandit killed in Edu LGA ambush AK-47 rifle and ammo recovered Army vows sustained operations Nigerian soldiers have killed a suspected bandit and recovered an AK-47 rifle during a midnight ambush in Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State. Eko Hot Blog reports that troops from the 22 Armoured Brigade, operating under the Forward Operating … Read more
Four soldiers were killed, and two others injured in a violent ambush by bandits in Gudu Local Government Area of Sokoto State over the weekend. EKO HOT BLOG gathered that the attack occurred along the Kukurau-Bangi road, where the assailants also torched two military patrol vehicles. According to the Daily Trust, Yahya Gudu, the member … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that North East Governors’ Forum (NEGF) has raised concern over the influx of bandits in some states in the sub-region. In a communique issued at the end of its 8th meeting in Maiduguri, the forum said the bandits were those flushed out by the military in other parts of the country, … Read more
Buhari’s minister discloses major cause of terrorism, banditry, corruption in Nigeria EKO HOT BLOG reports that Festus Keyamo, the Minister of State for Labour and Employment has disclosed one of the major causes of banditry, terrorism, and corruption in Nigeria. Keyamo disclosed that unemployment is a remote cause of insecurity in Nigeria. He, however, noted … Read more
Sheikh Gumi asks security operatives to stop killing bandits, noting they also have families and children. Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has urged security operatives to stop killing bandits that are ravaging villages, abducting schoolchildren and killing Nigerians, EkohotBlog reports. The controversial cleric asked that they should rather be respected and accorded human rights. “The bandits … Read more