{"id":307874,"date":"2021-01-25T19:15:43","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T18:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=307874"},"modified":"2021-01-25T19:17:05","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T18:17:05","slug":"kaduna-govt-confirms-killing-of-bandits-in-kaduna-village-by-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=307874","title":{"rendered":"Kaduna govt confirms killing of bandits in Kaduna village by troops"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">The Kaduna state government has confirmed the killings of several bandits in Kaduna village.<\/p>\n<p>The Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State, Mr. Samuel Aruwan disclosed this in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cAir platforms covered locations across Birnin Gwari, Igabi, Giwa and Chikun local government areas\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeveral bandits neutralized at Saulawa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAir platforms conducted armed missions over Sabon Birni, Albasu, Doka, Kerawa, Rikau, Galadimawa, Kidandan, Ngede Allah, Dogon Dawa, Takama, Damari, Saulawa, Yadi, the Kuduru-Ungwan Yako track and adjoining settlements. These locations spanned Birnin Gwari, Giwa, Igabi and Chikun local government areas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs contained in the operational feedback to the Kaduna State Government, most of the locations covered appeared calm with no threats observed. This was confirmed by ground troops at Sabon Birni and Dogon Dawa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, bandits on motorcycles were spotted just northwest of Saulawa, on an exit track from the town. They were duly engaged and neutralized. Herds of cattle observed in the vicinity were also engaged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernor Nasir El-Rufai received the feedback with gratitude, commending the troops and crews for sustaining the tempo of operations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGround and air patrols will continue in the general area and other locations of interest across the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn another development, Governor Nasir El-Rufai has condoled Malam Musa Adamu, the husband of one Aisha, a seven-month pregnant woman who was killed by bandits on the Kaduna-Birnin Gwari Road in Chikun local government on Sunday. \u201d The statement further said<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Governor who prayed for the repose of her soul wished a speedy recovery to those injured in the attack.\u201d The statement said<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kaduna state government has confirmed the killings of several bandits in Kaduna village. The Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State, Mr. Samuel Aruwan disclosed this in a statement. He said, \u201cAir platforms covered locations across Birnin Gwari, Igabi, Giwa and Chikun local government areas\u201d \u201cSeveral bandits neutralized at Saulawa. \u201cAir [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":307875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3773,3],"tags":[5730,218,10159],"class_list":["post-307874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-news","tag-el-rufai-2","tag-kaduna","tag-troops"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=307874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/307875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=307874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=307874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=307874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}