Insecurity: 15 Killed, 55 kidnapped in attacks across Nigeria last week
The incident occurred in Nkanu West Local Government Area of the state on Monday.
Chidi Nwabuzor, the Edo police spokesperson, who confirmed the incident while speaking with NAN, said that the officers were killed by suspected gunmen who also abducted the CMD, a professor.– PREMIUM TIMES on Thursday reported how bandits sacked a community in Katsina, kidnapping 49 people and stealing ‘everything’.
Multiple sources from the town told PREMIUM TIMES that the marauders executed the attack diligently, moving from one house to the other.According to a statement by the university’s Director of Public Affairs, Ismail Shehu, the students were kidnapped along the Abuja-Kaduna highway. Confirming the development in a telephone interview on Thursday, the chairman of the council, Shiban Tikari said, “After killing him, the attackers set him and his car on fire.’’Bege Katuka, interim management committee chairman of the local government, confirmed the incident to TheCable on Friday.“Five persons were killed, while two others are still missing. A number of houses, including the new police outpost, were vandalised and burnt,” he said.
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