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Terrorists killed 3 , steal motorbikes, cart away foodstuffs in Kogi community
Terrorists have allegedly attacked Ajokpachi Odo Community in the Omala Local Government Area of Kogi state killing no fewer than three persons, and cart away Motorbikes, foodstuffs while many others are still missing.
It’s on record that on 9th April, 2024 Agojeju Odo was attacked by suspected Fulani Bandits who killed over 25 persons and properties worth millions of naira destroyed.
This deadly attack occured barely fortnight ago after the same bandits massacred over 25 people in the neighbouring Community of Agojeju Odo .
The attack was said to have occurred when the Youths in the area on surveillance mission were ambushed and killed by the suspected Fulani terrorists
According to the locals , the fulani militia who have been engaging in fierce battle with the Agatus for over a week now were relocating when they met the youths who were holding brief meeting in Ajokpachi Odo and in an exchange of fire , one Musa Sule, from Ajokpachi Odo , one from Bagaji Odo and another one from Ajomachi, a borderline village in Benue state were killed while many others still missing.
According to a Community Leader , Nifu Abuka, who spent all night in the bush for his life as a result of the incident, said, since the ugly attack on Agojeju Odo, his people have been sleeping with one eye closed.
According to him the porous and alleged lack of security presence in the area has made them vulnerable to incessant Fulani attacks and called on relevant government agencies to come to their rescue.
He said, the age long feud between Agatu and Fulani in Benue and Nasarawa states have made his community, which share boundary with Agatu in Benue state -susceptible to attack.
He called on the Federal Government and state Government to urgently deploy permanent Security outfits to the communities to save them from unsolicited deaths in the hands of the hoodlums who have taken over their farms and the deserted villages.
He said, presently, the survivors have fled their ancestral homes, and if not checked, would worsen food security in the area.
He called on Federal Government and kogi state government to take proactive measures to safeguard his people whose only occupation is farming.
According to him” This attack is one too many. Not too long ago, before the Agojeju Odo massacre, the Fulani Bandits had killed about six people in Ajadapa, a neighborhood in Benue state and took over their homes. We are perpetually living in fears and don’t know who will be the next victim.
Both our farms, streams, and forests have been occupied by these elements who killed at will.
” We thought that with what happened at Agojeju Odo, the story would have changed by now, unfortunately, the Fulani bandits are daily having upper hands , knowing fully well that there will be no consequences of their actions.
” We don’t have arms to defend ourselves. We are begging our hardworking governor, Alhaji Ahmed Ododo and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to act urgently before we are all dead.
Meanwhile, the Chairman Caretaker Committee CTC of Omala Local Government Council, Hon Marknoble Peter Edibo , who confirmed the incident, lamented how his people have been caught in the web of the feud between the Fulani and Agatu in Benue and Nasarawa states which the LGA shares boundary with .
He said, the magnitude of the crisis is too weighty for only the council to bear even as the state government has not relent in its efforts to finding lasting solutions to the crisis.
He Appealed to the Federal Government to treat the insecurity in the area as a National Emergency to deploy it’s full weight of the law to these borderline communities to ward off the belligerents from these states from further infiltration into his communities.
He however, advised youths in the area to exercise restraints and not to take part in the feud between the fulani and Agatu in Benue state.
He assured the people of his commitment to restore normalcy, while working hard to protect lives and property of the people.
Operatives of Rivers State Police Command have rescued a kidnap victim from his armed abductors.
According to report, the victim was rescued minutes after he was kidnapped in Oyigbo area of the state, following the swift intervention of the police.
Report further revealed that police operatives, on getting a distress call, had chased the abductors, resulting in a gun duel, and that the criminals had abandoned the target and fled, following the superior firepower of the police.
The Police Public Relations Officer of the command, Grace Iringe-Koko, said the incident happened on Sunday.
Iringe-Koko in the statement, yesterday, in Port Harcourt, said police rescued the victim who was abandoned in the vehicle, recovered the operational car used by the kidnappers and one gun.
She said: “On November 17, 2024, about 2023hrs, operatives of the Command received a distress call from the Command’s Control Room indicating that a gang of armed men numbering about four operating in a Black colour Toyota Corolla car shot sporadically and kidnapped one Madabuchi Julius ‘m’ at Sabbath Filling Station, Oyigbo.
“Operatives were swiftly mobilised to the scene and the hoodlums on sighting the Police operatives drove off, but they were given a hot chase by the operatives and subsequently intercepted along Egbu Street, Oyigbo and and a gun duel…….ensued between the Police operatives and the hoodlums.
“The hoodlums could not withstand the Police superior fire power and eventually abandoned the victim and their operational vehicle with registration number RIVERS PHC 938 AH and escaped. The victim was rescued unhurt and the vehicle recovered.
“Investigation is ongoing while concerted efforts are intensified to apprehend other fleeing members of the gang and recover their operational weapons.”
Iringe-Koko noted the police in another development arrested some suspected criminals and recovered some items.
Bandits have reportedly abducted about four farmers in the Libere community of Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
Aminu Khalid, the Dokan Karji youth leader, disclosed this to DAILY POST on Thursday in a telephone interview.
He said the farmers were kidnapped at about 12 o’clock while harvesting their crops.
Khalid lamented that the incident has caused panic in Libere and surrounding communities, with residents deserting their villages.
“These bandits have continued to occupy more villages in our local government area unchallenged and causing a lot havoc to the various communities,” he said.
The youth leader had earlier reported that Libere was among the 14 villages over-run by bandits during a recent attack. He had also called for military intervention to restore normalcy in the area.
He identified some of those abducted as Pheobe Adauji, Cecilia Moses, Tambaya and his wife.
The Enugu State Police Command has arrested two suspects, Ikechukwu Okoye (male, aged 33) and Juliet Ogbodo (female, aged 39), both of Onuorie-Obuno in Akpugo Community, Nkanu West Local Government Area over the alleged kidnap and murder of a 70-year-old woman.
The suspects were alleged to have kidnapped, murdered and buried Mrs. Mary Nwatu, a 70-year-old woman, in a shallow grave in September 2024.
In a statement made available on Thursday by DSP Daniel Ndukwe, Police Public Relations Officer, Enugu State Command, he said the suspects were arrested by the Anti-Kidnapping Tactical Squad.
According to Ndukwe, “Preliminary investigations revealed that the victim was reported missing on September 15, 2024, after all efforts to locate her proved unsuccessful.
“On October 5, 2024, Ikechukwu Okoye, identified as the principal suspect and a kinsman of the victim, began contacting her children, demanding a ransom of six million Naira (N6,000,000.00).
“Upon his arrest, which followed credible intelligence reports, Okoye confessed to kidnapping Mrs. Nwatu on September 14, 2024, around 8:00 a.m.
“He stated that the victim came to their house to look for his mother when he kidnapped, murdered, and buried her in a shallow grave inside an uncompleted building in the compound.”
He added that “Ikechukwu Okoye also confessed to demanding a ransom from the victim’s children, initially asking for six million Naira (N6,000,000.00), which was later negotiated to three million Naira (N3,000,000.00).
“He eventually received payment of twenty thousand Naira (N20,000.00), which was for him to allow the children to hear their mother’s voice via the phone before further payments.
“On her part, Juliet Ogbodo, who is Okoye’s intimate girlfriend, confessed to being aware of the crime but failed to report it to the police or any other relevant authorities.
“The victim’s remains have been exhumed and deposited at a mortuary for preservation and autopsy. The suspects, along with any other individuals found complicit in this heinous crime, will be arraigned in court upon the conclusion of investigations.”
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