No fewer than three persons were feared dead during an attack by unidentified gun men on Sunday night between Asso and Tanda bridge in Gwong Chiefdom of Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna state.
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Joshua Paul, a resident of the community, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Kafanchan on Monday that the attack was at a wedding ceremony at about 8pm.
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Sunday shot and killed two persons believed to be on their way to deliver ransom money.
Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Terna Tyopev, who stated this on Tuesday Police, said that Dongbam abducted at his residence in Shandam on Monday night.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has condemned the assassination attempt on the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, his wife and son, by gunmen.
Unknown gunmen on Tuesday shot and killed one Alhaji Nasiru Maimasara before kidnapping his daughter at Gachi quarters in Kankia Local Government Area of Katsina State.
No group has immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
Police Public Relations Officer in the state, David Misal, stated this in Jalingo on Friday, and said that the command had deployed more policemen to area.
Unidentified gunmen have allegedly killed family of nine in Rukuba road community of Jos North Local Government Area, a development that sparked up tension in the community and other parts of Jos metropolis.
There was panic in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, on Monday evening as another man was killed by unidentified gunmen.
Rev. Fr. Peter Adinoyi, the Diocesan Chancellor, Lokoja Catholic Diocese, confirmed the kidnap to newsmen in Lokoja on Thursday.
The Police command in Zamfara on Friday confirmed the killing of two persons following an unknown gunmen attack on a market in Karakai village in the Bungudu Local Government Area of the state.
The Police Command Public Relations Officer, Muhammad Shehu, said in a statement made available to journalists that Zango was shot dead at his residence in Gusau this Friday.
The incident happened at Galadimawa roundabout, a suburb in Abuja.
The students are : Ibrahim Bature, 22 year-old 400 level student, and Rabi’u Abubakar, 21 year-old 200 level student.
DSP Terna Tyopev, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Jos.
The News Agency of Nigeria gathered that the monarch, who was traveling with four of his relatives in a private car, was attacked by the armed men, who mounted a road block on the Onitcha-Olona/Ezi road at about 4.25 pm.
Balogun, who is the head of the High Chiefs elevated to the status of crown-wearing Obas by Governor Abiola Ajimobi, was not available for comments as at press time.
He said that the corpses of the slain policemen had been deposited at the morgue of the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja, where the injured suspect is also receiving treatment.
The News Agency of Nigeria gathered that the kidnappers, who were about nine in number, gained access to the traditional ruler’s palace and went into his bedroom, but the district head resisted the attempt to abduct him and engaged them in a fight.