Crime

Wife helpless as gunmen kill newly wedded man

Published

3 years ago

August 10, 2023

A newly wedded groom identified as Yahaya Masinja, a staff of the Government Secondary School (GSS), Allawa, Shiroro LGA of Niger State, has reportedly been shot dead by bandits.

Masinja was killed at the Maganda Junction on the Allawa-Pandogari Road around 6pm on Monday while returning to Allawa with his bride.

A resident, who didn’t want his name mentioned, told City & Crime that, “When they saw the bandits, they abandoned the vehicle loaded with foodstuff and ran into the forest. While hiding in the bush, bandits kick-started the truck to take it away, and Mallam Yahaya rushed out of the forest thinking it was his fellow travellers who wanted to leave, asking them to wait for him, and the bandits shot him. They couldn’t move with the truck, but they stole a lot of foodstuff and set the vehicle ablaze.”

Jibrin Allawa, the President of Lakpma Youth Assembly, said Masinja was killed on his way to Allawa with his newly wedded wife.

He also confirmed that the bandits burnt down the Mitsubishi truck loaded with foodstuff and stole food items and the fuel in the truck.

Allawa urged the government that the Allawa Game Reserve that provided shelter for the bandits should be put to use to checkmate their free movement.

Daily Trust

Crime

Anambra Police Burst Gunmen Armoury in Orumba

Published

3 days ago

May 7, 2026

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By Okey Maduforo, Awka
The Violent Crime Response Unit of the Anambra State Police Command has uncovered and destroyed an armoury belonging to suspected separatist gunmen at Owerre-Ezukala in Orumba South Local Government Area.
The operation, led by Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) Orebe Chidubem Matthew, followed intelligence obtained from a member of the gang currently in police custody.
In a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the police disclosed that the camp had previously been dislodged by a Joint Task Force on security operations. However, some members of the gang who escaped during the earlier raid reportedly regrouped and attempted to resume operations.
According to the statement, items recovered from the armoury include one General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) with about 2,000 rounds of live chain ammunition, two fabricated rocket launchers with 25 propellers, 10 locally-made Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), one locally-made Beretta pistol, two pump-action guns, three hand grenades, 10 rounds of K2 live ammunition, one gas cylinder, and one black Ecolac box.
“Recall that the camp was earlier destroyed by a Joint Security Team. Before the confession by the suspect in custody, intelligence had been received over time on how some escaped gang members were attempting to regroup. However, operatives of the Violent Crime Response Unit resisted and dismantled the camp following a gun duel with the unrepentant members,” the statement read.
The police further stated that some of the armed suspects fled the scene with varying degrees of bullet injuries sustained during the exchange of gunfire.
Further investigations revealed that the suspect in custody confessed to involvement in several violent attacks across Anambra State, including attacks on police facilities, the killing of security personnel comprising police, military, and civil defence officers, attacks on government facilities, and the murder of security operatives on stop-and-search duties on various roads in the state.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Ikioye Orutugu, noted that with the establishment of the Violent Crime Response Unit, operatives of the command are now better positioned and more motivated to sustain offensive operations against criminal elements threatening the peace and security of the state.