The fact-check investigation contradicts a viral video claiming that Shettima recently met with some bandits.
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President Buhari presented 81 new, symbolic flags to the various units of the Nigerian Army.
The children, aged between 12 and 17, were abducted on Friday at about 8am, the BBC Hausa Service is reporting
Before the interception, the bandits numbering over 500 from the Birnin-Gwari axis in Kaduna State operated freely
This was part of the announcement made by the Defence Headquarters on Thursday in Abuja at a news briefing.
At the beginning of the year, I had promised that for 12 months, In Shaa Allah, I will once a month X-ray the issues around the forthcoming General Elections in the world’s largest black population and sufacracy. This is number seven, and five more to go.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Mohammad Jalige, disclosed this on Thursday in a statement issued in Kaduna.
They did this undisturbed and calmly, between 1 and 4am Sunday. The police said it was a robbery attack. Residents, however, said they kidnapped some of their people. Now, we all know that robbers hardly take prisoners. It is now left for people to believe who they want to believe.
Those abducted included telephone marketers at the popular Bebeji Plaza in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital
The bandits also went away with four members of the family of a former Commissioner for Poverty Alleviation in the state
FG also revealed it was working at various levels to get victims of the train attack, who were abducted from the train by terrorists, out of captivity.
Social media users who shared drone footage of armed bandits cooking in the bush claimed the (criminals) were the notorious terrorists responsible for kidnapping Nigerians, mostly in the North.
Among those killed include one Sule, a notorious bandit leader, who is a brother to Lalbi Ginshima, also a ‘killer’ bandit.
Spokesman, ASP Mohammed Jalige, said in a statement issued in Kaduna on Monday that police also recovered arms and ammunition from the bandits.
Credible intelligence sources told PRNigeria that the bandits, riding on over 50 motorcycles, were seen on Thursday evening advancing towards the Academy in Kaduna State.
The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Gambo Isah disclosed this in a statement issued Tuesday.
The 39-year-old housewife stated this in an interview aired by Channels Television, which has been trending again on Facebook.
She was on her way to Lagos when she ran into the bandits at Oni-Garri, with the bandits shooting directly at the vehicles on the road
Matawalle said this on Wednesday when he received the Federal Government delegation on sympathy visit to the state
PRNigeria gathered that while the reluctant and panicky bandits are attacking communities along Anka and Bukkuyum axes of Zamfara State, some bandit leaders at Shinkafi and Tsafe areas have sent emissaries to the authorities, seeking peace and have continued to release kidnapped victims in their custody.