Bandits Kidnap 55 Women Escorting Bride To Husband’s Home

Suspected bandits have reportedly kidnapped at least 55 persons who were escorting a bride along Damari town in Sabuwa Local Government Area of Katsina State.

A resident of the area on Friday confirmed the incident occurred on Thursday at about 9:00 pm.

The source further said that three local security volunteers lost their lives in the hurriedly coordinated effort to rescue the victims.

“Most of those the hoodlums attacked and abducted were those who were already crowded and riding in an open van called canter vehicle.

“The victims were initially over 70, mostly friends to the bride, in which several others escaped after jumping off the moving canter van when the terrorists hijacked the van,” he said.

Security agencies are yet to confirm the incident officially at the time of filling the report.

Sabuwa, apart from being an agrarian area, also remains one of the security front-line LGAs grappling with the activities of bandits and their collaborators mostly informants to bandits.
[2/3, 8:34 AM] Kazeem Badmus: How 32-Year-Old Pregnant Mother Of 9 Stole Plantains, Killed Owner In Rivers

 

Police in Rivers State have arrested a 32-year-old pregnant woman, Esther Godday, for killing a housewife, Mrs Imeran Idema, over a bunch of plantains.

Osun Defender gathered that the mother of nine had on the 28 of January 2024 reportedly gone to the plantation of the deceased woman’s family to steal a bunch of plantains when she was caught and a fight ensued.

The suspect said that she resorted to stealing the plantains because her husband could not take care of his large family.

According to her, the husband has no job and she was the one responsible for sustaining the home.

She told the police that none of his nine children was in school.

According to the homicide section of the Rivers State Police Command Criminal Investigations Department, Esther, in a confession said, “She cut me and I cut her.”

The state Commissioner of Police, Olatunji Rilwan Disu, urged people to think carefully before making life choices, charging heads of households to procreate within their means and to lead responsible lives.

A police source said, “On Wednesday, January 28, 2024, Esther Godday, had in her customary way, left her nine kids at home and gone into town in their little village of Agada in Abua to look for anything that could serve as food.”

The police source added that “Esther discreetly entered one of the plantain plantations and quickly harvested a bunch of plantains and made to make away with it.

“As she attempted to sneak past one of the exit points of the plantation, she was sighted by the family member on duty at the plantation, Mrs. Imeran Idema.

“Imeran with a machete in her hand, immediately accosted her and asked her to surrender the bunch.

“An altercation ensued, which led to Imeran landing a blow on Easter’s right foot, giving her a deep cut. Esther dropped the bunch and launched a counterattack with her own machete. She hit out with the machete, giving two significant cuts on Imeran’s head and shoulder. As Imeran collapsed in pain, Esther quickly left the scene, abandoning the bunch of plantains and fled.

“The police arrested Esther and, after questioning her, released her to receive medical attention for the cut on her foot.

“She was rearrested two days later, and when she got to the police station, she got the information that Imeran had died.”