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Bandits Kill Six in Katsina, Abduct Three Seminarians in Edo
No fewer than six persons have been killed by bandits in a fresh onslaught on Jargaba community in Bakori Local Government Area of Katsina State
Also, a staff of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) was reportedly killed while three Seminarians of the Catholic Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary School were abducted at Ivianokpodi, Agenebode in Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State.
This was as the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Bala Abubakar, on Friday, said that the evolving nature of modern threats, especially from non-state actors, criminal networks, and internal saboteurs, requires intelligence-led operations and proactive responses to surmount.
The Air Chief made this statement during the graduation ceremony at the Nigerian Air Force School of Air Intelligence in Makurdi on Friday.
The member representing Bakori Constituency at the State House of Assembly, Hon. Abdulrahman Ahmed-Kandarawa, confirmed the incident in a telephone interview on Friday.
He said the marauding hoodlums invaded the agrarian community Thursday night, and moved straight to a gathering of six persons, where they shot sporadically and killed them.
He stated that the Bakori Assistant Commander of the Katsina Community Watch Corps was among the six people killed by the bandits, adding that two children sustained gunshot injuries during the invasion.
Ahmed-Kandarawa said, “I received calls yesterday (Thursday) from residents of Jargaba ward, which is among the 11 wards that we have in Bakori local government, that bandits attacked the community.