• Home
  • Anti-Corruption
  • Fact-Check
  • Economy
  • National
    • Government
  • Security
  • Features
  • State
  • Event
    • PR Nigeria Award
  • E-Paper
Search
  • Home
  • About
  • Adverts
  • Contact
Sign in
Welcome! Log into your account
Forgot your password? Get help
Password recovery
Recover your password
A password will be e-mailed to you.
PRNIGERIA PRNigeria News
PRNIGERIA PRNIGERIA
  • Home
  • Anti-Corruption
    • Chinese nationals jailed in Lagos

      Court Jails Nine Chinese Nationals for Cybercrime in Lagos

      ASUU

      Tackle Corruption, Institutional Decay – ASUU Charges FG

      EFCC Arraigns Bauchi Accountant General Over N8bn Fraud as Court Sentences…

      PRNigeria logo fearured image

      EFCC Arraigns Ex-Convict, Other for Naira Abuse in Lagos

      EFCC Arrests 37 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Ilorin

  • Fact-Check
  • Economy
    • Comptroller General Nigerian Customs Bashir Adewale

      Nigeria Customs, ICPC and the Audit of Conscience

      Customs Diplomacy: Nigeria, Saudi Arabia Ink Mutual Assistance Deal

      Comptroller General Nigerian Customs Bashir Adewale

      Nigeria, Belarus Forge Alliance to Combat Smuggling, Facilitate Trade

      President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and CG Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi

      Tinubu Hails Customs Boss Wale Adeniyi on Historic Election as WCO…

      WTO Lauds Nigeria Customs for Embracing Global Trade Standards

  • National
    • The First Shot and the Long March: Reflections on 162 Years…

      47 Years of Excellence: Honoring Asiwaju Awomolo, SAN

      NCoS inmates

      58 Inmates in Kano Sit for 2025 NECO Exams, Thanks to…

      Tinubu conference centre generates N700m in 3 weeks – Wike

      Police Arrest 43 Illegal Immigrants, Human Traffickers, Rescue Victim

    • Government
      • Tinubu conference centre generates N700m in 3 weeks – Wike

        Soldiers

        Soldiers, forest guards to tackle insecurity in Kwara State

        MUSWEN Muslim Ummah of South West

        MUSWEN Renews Call for Shariah Courts to Regulate Affairs of Muslims

        Corporate Affairs Commission

        CAC Unveils AI-Powered Registration Portal to Revolutionize Business Registration in Nigeria

        Employment: ICPC Secures Conviction of FAAN Staff

  • Security
    • The First Shot and the Long March: Reflections on 162 Years…

      Police Officer

      Security Forces Nab 2 Suspected ESN/IPOB Terrorists in Enugu

      NCoS inmates

      58 Inmates in Kano Sit for 2025 NECO Exams, Thanks to…

      Police Officer

      Police rescue 19 Ghanaians from human traffickers in Oyo

      Soldiers

      Soldiers, forest guards to tackle insecurity in Kwara State

  • Features
    • The First Shot and the Long March: Reflections on 162 Years…

      From SDP to ADA to ADC: Can the New Opposition Coalition…

      Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR

      Adeniyi: Lifting Nigeria to the Pinnacle of Global Customs Authority

      Nigeria’s Growth Numbers Tell Only Half the Story By Umar Farouk…

      NYSC Corps Members in Camp

      The Burden Too Many Nigerian Youths Bear Alone

  • State
    • Police Officer

      Security Forces Nab 2 Suspected ESN/IPOB Terrorists in Enugu

      NCoS inmates

      58 Inmates in Kano Sit for 2025 NECO Exams, Thanks to…

      Police Officer

      Police rescue 19 Ghanaians from human traffickers in Oyo

      Soldiers

      Soldiers, forest guards to tackle insecurity in Kwara State

      NDLEA Logo

      NDLEA Intercepts UK, Saudi-Bond Cocaine Hidden in Lipsticks in Lagos, Arrests…

  • Event
    • 47 Years of Excellence: Honoring Asiwaju Awomolo, SAN

      NCoS inmates

      58 Inmates in Kano Sit for 2025 NECO Exams, Thanks to…

      Troops of the Nigerian Army giving a salute

      162nd Anniversary: Tinubu Salutes Nigerian Army, Hails Troops as Guardians of…

      President & Chairman of Governing Council, Dr. Ike Neliaku

      NIPR Lauds Nigerian PR Firms for Outstanding Performances at 2025 SABRE…

      SCN NGO signs partnership with PRNIGERIA

      SCN NGO Seals Partnership with PRNigeria to Amplify its Humanitarian Projects

    • PR Nigeria Award
  • E-Paper
Home Features Banditry in FCT: A Note for the Military, Security Agencies
  • Features
  • Security

Banditry in FCT: A Note for the Military, Security Agencies

By
Mukhtar Ya'u Madobi
-
January 14, 2024
Bandits in violence terrorism
Bandits violence terrorism

Banditry in FCT: A Note for the Military, Security Agencies

By MUKHTAR Ya’u Madobi

In most disturbing development, Kidnappers in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja, have commenced the execution of their captives for failure to receive ransom payments in time.

At least four out of the 10 persons kidnapped in Kubwa/Dutse area of the territory have been executed and their bodies dumped at Ida, near Ushafa in Bwari Area Council. Surprisingly the location is just behind the National Institute for Security Studies (NISS), the foremost security training institute owned by the Department of State Security Service (DSS).

The recovered bodies were that of a secondary school student Miss Folorunsho Ariyo and a 400 level student of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, Nabeeeha Al-kadriyar. While Miss Ariyo was abducted along with her mother and three siblings two Sundays ago, Nabeeeha Al-kadriyar was seized with her father and five of her female siblings a week ago from the same axis.

Despite being the seat of power, Abuja- the capital city of Nigeria is now becoming a hub for al sorts of criminals with the notorious ones being the bandits who are always closing in on the city with their rampaging activities of attacking neighbouring communities and villages.

There are also ‘one chance’ armed robbery syndicates who specialise in inflicting injuries and even death on their victims after depriving them of their hard-earned belongings.

It is obvious that Nigeria is currently passing through one of its worst security nightmares that seems to defy all sorts of solutions. Despite that, if there is a single place that is considered to be more secured and safeguarded, that location should be where ‘the seat of power’ is stationed- Abuja, that is the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.

It is disheartening and more frightening that Abuja is now becoming infested with bandits. Residents in villages and communities around the cities hardly sleep with both their eyes closed due to fear of the unknown as they may experience an attack at any moment from the vicious bandits.

Furthermore, even estates in communities of Bwari, Kuje and other notable areas are not spared from these blood-thirsty marauders. Is there an end to this tragic incident within the near future?

After a lull, reports indicated that bandits have now resumed operations along Abuja-Kaduna highways. Between 2nd and 7th January, it was gathered that not less than 85 people were abducted apart from innocent citizens killed along this strategic and very important highway that connected most of the Northern part of the country to the capital city.

Media reports indicate that on January 7, at least 11 persons were kidnapped in the Sagwari Estate Layout, in the Dutse-Alhaji area of the FCT by bandits who dressed in military uniform and January 11, bandits allegedly abducted 23 people at Kawu community in Bwari Area Council of FCT;

Before then gunmen abducted 23 residents in Dei-Dei community on December 9, 2023; 13 persons were also abducted at the Garam community close to Bwari where a pastor was also killed on December 24. Similarly bandits stormed Kaduru, another FCT community on December 28 and kidnapped 18 persons in the process.

The unwanted series of worsening security challenges in Abuja are one too many to be ignored due to the ripple effects it encompasses. Because, if not tamed outrightly, the raging fire will continue to blow and consume everyone including those on the seats of power.

Read Also:

  • Appeal Natasha Akpoti Reinstatement Ruling, Women Groups Urge Senate
  • BREAKING: Olubadan of Ibadan Dies After One Year on the Throne
  • Security Forces Nab 2 Suspected ESN/IPOB Terrorists in Enugu

Reports indicated that the recent invasion of Abuja villages is being perpetrated by criminals that usually sneak into the communities through river or bush paths from neighbouring Niger and Kaduna states, where they have established camps. It was noted that this scenario has been making it difficult for security patrol teams manning the checkpoints to notice their arrival and not to even talk of intercepting them.

Findings show that communities located on the outskirts of Bwari town, namely, Tukolo, Baran-Goni, Kuduru and Zuma, as well as other remote communities like Igwu, Shere and Kawu, and Mpape, have been worst affected by the rising attacks. Also, residents in other areas around Kubwa, Dutse, Dei-Dei and nearby Zhibi communities are also becoming prey to the marauding elements.

There are even indications that some key and strategic government institutions at Bwari Area Council are at high risk due to these rising cases of insecurity. They included the Nigerian Law School campus, Federal Government Girls’ College (FGGC), Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), which also owns staff quarters around the area, National Institute for Security Studies (NISS), Bwari, as well as other numerous private and public institutions.

There are concerns that these key institutions are under threat if nothing is done to smoke out these criminal elements. It is still vividly in our minds how in July 2022, a captain of the Nigerian Army and two soldiers were killed by bandits in the Bwari area.

These worrisome incidents in Abuja keep on happening in spite of the promises made by the FCT Police Command thereby assuring residents, particularly those living in Ushafa, Bwari and environs, of their safety, saying that additional police personnel had been deployed to contain security threats.

However, the situation has been metamorphosing from bad to worse particularly without respite.

Notwithstanding, to say the very least, the killings and kidnappings are highly regrettable. However, to think that such acts of criminality could take place at the seat of power is disheartening. Abuja is the FCT, the seat of the Federal Government, and the national headquarters of all military and paramilitary agencies who are mandated to secure the properties and lives of every citizen in the country.

Indeed, because the FCT is the seat of multiple governments and foreign embassies, it is unfortunate that the kind of kidnappings and killings witnessed in recent times took place. What kind of signals are the authorities sending to the international communities?

However, all security apparatus in the country especially the military, police and civil defence as well as intelligence communities including Defence Intelligence Agency, DIA, Department of State Service, DSS, and the National Intelligence Agency, NIA, must collectively and entirely review their approaches and strategies to contain insecurity.

More efforts should be channelled towards timely gathering of actionable intelligence especially in detecting the movements of these criminal syndicates which may lead to identification of their terror cells and its subsequent elimination.

However, the residents should know that security is everybody’s business- not only for the government, military or police alone. Every individual has a role to play in surmounting this hydra-headed problem that has become thorn in our flesh.

Supplying the security personnel with credible information is a recipe to nipping this lingering problem in a bud. We must all come and fight together to defeat this challenge.

MUKHTAR is the author of “National Security Strategies: A Young Writer’s Perspectives,” and is a Senior Correspondent with the Emergency Digest.

VISIT OUR OTHER WEBSITES
PRNigeria.com EconomicConfidential.com PRNigeria.com/Hausa/
EmergencyDigest.com PoliticsDigest.ng TechDigest.ng
HealthDigest.ng SpokesPersonsdigest.com TeensDigest.ng
ArewaAgenda.com Hausa.ArewaAgenda.com YAShuaib.com
  • TAGS
  • Bandits
  • Bwari
  • Dei-Dei
  • DIA
  • dss
  • FCT Abuja
  • Intelligence
  • Kuje
  • Military
  • police
  • Security
  • Zuba
Previous articleNigerian Military Can’t Lose Insecurity War After FG’s Support – Air Chief
Next articleThat Bloody Coup of January 15, 1966 and Our Past Heroes
Mukhtar Ya'u Madobi
Mukhtar Ya'u Madobi

RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR

The First Shot and the Long March: Reflections on 162 Years of the Nigerian Army By Olayemi Esan

BREAKING: Olubadan of Ibadan Dies After One Year on the Throne

Police Officer

Security Forces Nab 2 Suspected ESN/IPOB Terrorists in Enugu

NCoS inmates

58 Inmates in Kano Sit for 2025 NECO Exams, Thanks to State Government

Police Officer

Police rescue 19 Ghanaians from human traffickers in Oyo

Soldiers

Soldiers, forest guards to tackle insecurity in Kwara State

Police Officer

Anambra Police Arrest Man with Human Breast; Rescue Abducted Driver, Recover Goods Worth N9.5m

Police Arrest 43 Illegal Immigrants, Human Traffickers, Rescue Victim

Abdullahi Aliyu Maiwada

Customs Debunks Fake CBT Recruitment Shortlist Circulating Online

NDLEA Logo

NDLEA Intercepts UK, Saudi-Bond Cocaine Hidden in Lipsticks in Lagos, Arrests Other Suspects

From SDP to ADA to ADC: Can the New Opposition Coalition Unseat Tinubu in 2027?

Retired AIG Liman Shettima

IGP Egbetokun Mourns Retired AIG Liman Shettima

Recent Posts

  • The First Shot and the Long March: Reflections on 162 Years of the Nigerian Army By Olayemi Esan
  • 47 Years of Excellence: Honoring Asiwaju Awomolo, SAN
  • Defection Can’t Erase Malami’s Legacy of Impunity, Watchdog Group Warns
  • Appeal Natasha Akpoti Reinstatement Ruling, Women Groups Urge Senate
  • BREAKING: Olubadan of Ibadan Dies After One Year on the Throne
  • Home
  • About
  • Adverts
  • Contact
© 2020 PRNigeria. All Rights Reserved.
Latest News
47 Years of Excellence: Honoring Asiwaju Awomolo, SANDefection Can’t Erase Malami’s Legacy of Impunity, Watchdog Group WarnsAppeal Natasha Akpoti Reinstatement Ruling, Women Groups Urge SenateBREAKING: Olubadan of Ibadan Dies After One Year on the ThroneSecurity Forces Nab 2 Suspected ESN/IPOB Terrorists in Enugu58 Inmates in Kano Sit for 2025 NECO Exams, Thanks to State GovernmentTinubu conference centre generates N700m in 3 weeks – WikePolice rescue 19 Ghanaians from human traffickers in OyoSoldiers, forest guards to tackle insecurity in Kwara StateAnambra Police Arrest Man with Human Breast; Rescue Abducted Driver, Recover Goods Worth N9.5mPolice Arrest 43 Illegal Immigrants, Human Traffickers, Rescue VictimNDPC Fines MultiChoice ₦766m for Data Protection Breach in NigeriaCustoms Debunks Fake CBT Recruitment Shortlist Circulating OnlineNDLEA Intercepts UK, Saudi-Bond Cocaine Hidden in Lipsticks in Lagos, Arrests Other SuspectsFrom SDP to ADA to ADC: Can the New Opposition Coalition Unseat Tinubu in 2027?
X whatsapp