This comes as the Nigerian military sustained aerial bombardments of identified terrorists’ enclaves in the area.
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Most incidents of kidnapping of people in the state have occurred in the area.
Before the interception, the bandits numbering over 500 from the Birnin-Gwari axis in Kaduna State operated freely
The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, said this.
The spokesperson of the command, Mohammed Jalige, confirmed this in a statement he issued on Thursday in Kaduna.
He raised the concerns after the presentation of the Kaduna State Security Incident Report for the first quarter of 2022.
This was made known on Saturday in a statement by the Birnin Gwari Vanguard for Security and Good Governance.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the elections were rescheduled to Saturday over security concerns.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Muhammad Jalige, confirmed the incident in a statement issued in Kaduna.
This was disclosed in a statement by the Commissioner for internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, on Wednesday.
The NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Vice Marshal Ibikunle Daramola, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja.
This was revealed by the Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home affairs, Samuel Aruwan, in a statement on Wednesday
The Nigerian Air Force says its Operation DIRAN MIKIYA Air Task Force in collaboration with troops of the 271 Detachment have neutralised 12 bandits in Kamuku forest, Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State.
The Kaduna State Chairman of the Rice Farmers Association, Muhammadu Nungu, said the association lost 15 members in attacks by gunmen and kidnappers between 2016 and 2018 cropping seasons in the state.
The Nigerian Air Force on Saturday Inaugurated a 271 detachment in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State, as part of efforts to tackle security challenges in the country.
Armed bandits attacked, killed and burnt houses in Kakangi village, South West of Birnin-Gwari, Kaduna State on Saturday in broad daylight.
The Chairman, Miners Association of Nigeria, Kaduna State branch, Alhaji Lawal Mayere, on Sunday urged the Federal Government to formulate a policy that would allow the use of vigilantes for security in mining sites in the country.
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Tuesday promised to ensure the state of insecurity in Zamfara and Birnin Gwari in Kaduna State was over very soon.
The Police Command in Kaduna State on Tuesday confirmed the killing of two officers during gun battle with bandits in Tabanni village on Birnin Gwari-Funtua road.
The AGM, which will hold at Hamdala Hotel, Kaduna, shall be preceded by a Public/Memorial Lecture in honour of one of the founding fathers of the Chapter, late Consultant Aliyu, who passed on last year.