Thursday, November 6, 2025 - Member representing the Agwara/Borgu Federal Constituency of Niger State, Jafaru Mohammed Ali, has escaped being shot by bandits after they opened fire on his convoy while touring his constituency yesterday.
However, six soldiers drafted to provide security for the
convoy were killed in the gunfire. The bandits, numbering over 50, were
said to have been armed with sophisticated weapons and laid an ambush for the
convoy at the Kuble community along Babanna Road.
The lawmaker and his civilian staff escaped unhurt during
the attack. The incident occurred a few meters from the Kainji National Park,
where bandits have seized control and occupied for nearly two years now.
The lawmaker and other members of his entourage were later
evacuated to Babana town after the military mobilised a reinforcement team.
IN another development, the Kaduna State government has offered bandits access
to education, healthcare, and livelihood opportunities instead of cash
incentives as part of efforts to end years of killings and kidnappings in the
state.
The Commissioner for Information, Ahmed Maiyaki, stated
this yesterday during a one-day workshop on “Peace Journalism,” organised by
Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Kaduna State
Council, in collaboration with Global Peace Foundation Nigeria and the Kaduna
State Ministry of Information.
Maiyaki explained that the initiative, known as the Kaduna
Peace Model, was designed as a shift from “confrontation to conversation”,
aimed at building peace through dialogue and development instead of financial
appeasement.
EQUALLY, farmers in Zamfara and Sokoto have appealed to the
Federal Government to deploy more security personnel to protect them from
bandits’ attacks, which threaten their harvest.
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