By Ibrahim HassanWuyo
Security agencies in Kaduna state have confirmed that vehicle belonging to the Emir of Birnin Gwari was shot at by bandits along the Kaduna-Birnin Gwari highway.
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They also reported several notable incidences across the State within the last 48 hours.
According to Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, on Monday 15th March 2021, at about 4:30 PM, the official vehicle of the emir was shot at by bandits around the Zonkoro axis of the Kaduna-Birnin Gwari road, within Chikun local government area.
Only the driver, Umar Jibrin, and an orderly, Inspector Sani Yahaya, were in the vehicle, on their way to Kaduna, as the emir was in the state capital at the time of the attack.
No life was lost, and the Emirate Council relayed details of the incident to the Kaduna State Government.
In another incident, armed robbers barricaded a bridge leading to Kitansa village, Kauru LGA and shot dead one Danladi Goriye, while another, Sunday Garba sustained gunshot wounds.
Similarly, armed bandits barricaded the Buruku-Mando road, Igabi LGA and opened fire on vehicles plying the road. One Abdullahi Baballe, a resident of Lema area in Mando, was killed.
On Tuesday 16th March 2021, in Kiffin Chawai District, Kauru Local Government Area, troops of Operation Safe Haven rescued two travellers, Ismail Haruna and Isa Mohammed, who had been attacked by a mob of youths in the area.
The two persons were on their way from Bassa Local Government Area in Plateau State, to Marwa village, in Bakin Kogi, Kauru LGA, when they were intercepted by the youths who attempted to lynch them. The timely intervention of the troops prevented this, and the two travellers were duly rescued.
In another incident, troops of Operation Safe Haven apprehended a suspected bandit informant, Muhammad Sani Abubakar, at Apyimbuu village, Zangon Kataf local government area. The suspect has been handed over to the Police for further investigation.
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