Gunmen suspected of kidnapping are reported to have carried out renewed attacks in Dass Local Government Area of Bauchi State, leaving one person dead and four others abducted within about two weeks. Former Bauchi lawmaker and House of Representatives aspirant Maryam Bagel made the disclosure, saying incidents occurred in Kagadama and Bagel villages. According to Bagel, a pharmacy owner was abducted in Kagadama, with the attackers reportedly demanding ₦50 million ransom. She also said another resident, Shahibi, who had been abducted previously, was shot dead in Bagel in front of his wife and children. Bagel further alleged that the gunmen returned to Kagadama and abducted three additional people, including a 10-year-old boy, after a shop owner escaped. The Bauchi State Police Command confirmed the incidents, stating that security operatives, hunters, and vigilantes have been deployed to rescue victims and track down suspects. The reports come shortly after a separate incursion in Rafin Ciyawa village in Ningi LGA, where residents said two children were killed and others were injured and abducted.
Gunmen kill one and abduct four in Dass LGA, Bauchi, police confirm attacks
Gunmen suspected of kidnapping are reported to have carried out renewed attacks in Dass Local Government Area of Bauchi State, leaving one person dead and four others abducted within about two weeks....
- Suspected kidnappers abduct four people and kill one resident in Dass Local Government Area, Bauchi State.
- Incidents are reported to involve attacks in Kagadama and Bagel villages, occurring within roughly two weeks.
- Maryam Bagel raises an alarm, citing a reported ₦50 million ransom demand after a pharmacy owner’s abduction in Kagadama.
- Bagel alleges another victim is killed in Bagel in front of family and that three others, including a 10-year-old boy, are abducted during a later return to Kagadama.
- Bauchi State Police Command confirms the attacks and says operatives, hunters, and vigilantes are deployed to rescue victims and arrest suspects.
A former member of the Bauchi State House of Assembly and House of Representatives aspirant, Maryam Bagel, has raised the alarm over a fresh wave of kidnappings in Dass Local Government Area of Bauchi State, alleging that four people were abducted and one person killed in separate attacks within two weeks. Bagel made the disclosure […] Suspected kidnappers abduct four, kill one in fresh attack on Bauchi’s Dass LG
3 hours agoRenewed violence has rocked Dass Local Government Area of Bauchi State, where suspected kidnappers killed one resident and abducted four others in separate attacks over the past two weeks.Former Bauchi lawmaker and House of Representatives aspirant, Maryam Bagel, raised alarm in a Facebook post, detailing incidents in Kagadama and Bagel villages.She revealed that a pharmacy owner was kidnapped in Kagadama, with abductors demanding ₦50 million ransom. Days later, another resident, Shahibi previously abducted a year earlier was shot dead in Bagel in front of his wife and children.Bagel further disclosed that gunmen returned to Kagadama on Tuesday, targeting a shop owner who escaped, but abducting three others, including a 10-year-old boy.“Four people were kidnapped in Kagadama village, and one person was killed in the presence of his own family in my village of Bagel,” she wrote.The Bauchi State Police Command confirmed the attacks, with spokesperson SP Nafiu Habib assuring that operatives, hunters, and vigilantes have been deployed to rescue victims and track down suspects.This latest wave of violence comes just a week after heavily armed bandits invaded Rafin Ciyawa village in Ningi LGA, killing two children, injuring six, and abducting three residents.Bagel urged authorities to intensify security in Dass to prevent the area from becoming a safe haven for criminal gangs.
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