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Bandits storm hospital in Kaduna, kidnap nurses, patients

by Folarin Kehinde
written by Folarin Kehinde

Nurses and patients at the Kuyallo, Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State have been abducted by some bandits who stormed the Primary Healthcare centre.

The bandits, Politics Nigeria gathered, kidnapped two female nurses and some yet-to-be-ascertained patients from the facility.

A leader of the local vigilante group, Musa Alhassan who confirmed the attack said the bandits stormed the vicinity at about 9 am on Monday, wielding guns and other weapons.

According to Alhassan, the bandits had earlier invaded the Government Day Secondary School in the area but when they discovered that there was nobody on the school premises, they resorted to attacking the primary Healthcare facility close to the school.

The Police in the state and the Kaduna state government are yet to react to the attack on the health facility at the time of filing this report.

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Kaduna journalist cries out after being arrested, tortured by police

by Folarin Kehinde
written by Folarin Kehinde

Kaduna State Correspondent of the Daily Times newspapers, Mr. Idibia Gabriel, has decried eye injury as a result of arrest, torture and inhuman treatment he went through in the hands of operatives of Nigeria police force in Kaduna state.

The Journalist said he was arrested for taken a snapshot of a large number of cattle Shepherd by the operatives of Nigeria policemen on public road on 11th June 2024, without any other disagreement between them.

He was released with one side of the eyes almost blinded as a result of the torture, unholy and merciless treatment meted out to him while in the police custody at Criminal Investigative Department (CID), Kaduna branch office.

Mr. Idibia, explained that he met two of the police officers before taken the snapshot of the cattle with the intention to use the photo as prove to clarify with the state police command spokesman on reasons for the arrests of the cattle, numbering over 50, which has been the usual practice.

The Journalists told his colleagues that the police deleted the snapshot from his handset and took every of his detail, including contact number, address and even description of his residents before he was released on self recognition, fearing that they may come after him later.

The victim, in a statement, stressed that he was arrested and taken to the CID police station at Gabasawa solely for taken the snapshot of a large scale number of cattle Shepherd by the police around Valid Oil filling station, along the popular Kachia expressway at U/Boro, Kaduna, around 8:30am, and released in the evening time.

“I’ve just arrived my residents on leg, at about 9:30pm, in U/Boro, Sabon Tasha suburb, an area of about 6 kilometers from Kaduna main town where I was arrested and kept since morning of today (Tuesday) 11th June 2024.

“I was arrested and taken to Gabasawa, CID police station for taken a snapshot of a large number of cattle arrested and Shepherd by police around Valid Oil filling station, along kachia expressway, after identity myself, without a kobo on me.

“When I rush out of my house on hearing of heavy traffic holdup crisis caused by cattle and police at kachia raid, around the new market U/boro, I had no penny on me.

“My phone and ID Card were seized before i was even taken into a police van and drove to Abattoir area of U/Pama road where they waited, assembled and kept the cattle before I was later taken to the CID office at Ibrahim Taiwo road, inside Kaduna main town”, he stated.

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Kaduna airstrike: Killing of civilians won’t stop fight against terrorism – Defence Minister vows

by Folarin Kehinde
written by Folarin Kehinde

Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has vowed that the unintentional killing of several civilians in an airstrike by the Nigerian Army in Agabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State will not stop the fight against insurgency and terrorism.

The minister made the vow when he visited victims of the airstrike on Wednesday.

Matawalle, together with the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Dr Ibrahim Kana, led a high-level delegation to the state to convey the Federal Government’s sympathies to the victims.

Mr Henshaw Ogubike, the ministry’s Director of Press and Public Relations, revealed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja.

While denouncing the tragedy, the minister stated that the struggle against insurgency and terrorism would continue.

He added that the terrible occurrence will not dissuade the administration from fighting terrorism.

“We are not going to relent in our fight against terrorism because these criminals must be defeated. We are going to continue fighting the criminals till we succeed against banditry and other criminalities in this country.”

Matawalle, who was also at the Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital in Kaduna, where the injured victims were being treated, stated that the visit was on President Bola Tinubu’s instruction.

He assured the Kaduna State Government of the Federal Government’s commitment to assisting the victims’ families.

He added that the government would form an inquiry panel to determine the circumstances surrounding the incident to prevent it from reoccurring.

In his reaction, Governor Uba Sani, represented by Deputy Governor Dr Hadiza Balarabe, expressed heartfelt condolences to the affected families and assured of support to the victims’ relatives.

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