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  • 22 abducted as bandits ransack Kaduna community

    22 abducted as bandits ransack Kaduna community

    By Becky Adi

    Bandits in the wee hours of yesterday attacked Idon town in Kajuru council of Kaduna State, injuring four persons and taking 22 others away.

    On Tuesday, the police command said its men arrested two notorious bandits who amputated their captives around Sabon-Gaya village in Chikun council off the Kaduna-Abuja highway.

    The police did not comment on the kidnap of the 22 persons in Kajuru, but a credible source in the area said the criminals came at about 12:30 a.m. yesterday.

    The source said the gunmen shot intermittently, breaking doors and windows.

    ”We don’t know how they came but we just hear them shooting, breaking doors and windows. They came at about 12:30 early in the morning,” the source said.

    The police command and State Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs were yet to issue any statements on this development at the time of filing this report.

    Police spokesman Mohammed Jalige only confirmed the arrest of two suspects.

    “The criminal elements were apprehended around Sabon Gaya village in Chikun LGA of Kaduna state. The suspects were identified by one of their victimd who had his hand amputated by the said criminals while in their captivity on the 8th February 2022,” the statement said.

  • BREAKING: Suspected COVID-19 positive boy13, found in kaduna community 

    BREAKING: Suspected COVID-19 positive boy13, found in kaduna community 

    Idiba Gabriel, kaduna
    A 13yrs-old-boy suspected to be COVID-19 positive has been discovered in Angwan Rimi, a densely populated community area of  kaduna state.
    This happened barely 12 hours after the kaduna State Ministry of health confirmed three new cases in the state, which brings the total official number of coronavirus patients in Kaduna State to four.
    Eyewitness said the underaged boy whose infectious status and contract are yet to be kown developed symptoms of constant cough, sneezes and other symptoms overnight on Wednesday.
    Nigerien pilot gathered that police have already been deployed to the area to condom off the residents of the boy located at fulani road in Ungwan Rimi to prevent contact and interaction.
    Similarly, the Commissioner of health Dr. Amina Mohammed Baloni in a statement also  confirmed that one more patient was discharged out of the six Covid-19 cases that were earlier recorded in the state, bringing the number of discharged cases to five.
    A statement issued by the  Commissioner on Wednesday said that the latest discharged,  brings to five the number of patients discharged since 14 April 2020.
    “The Ministry  also confirmed three new in the state, which now brings  the total number of coronavirus patients  in Kaduna State to four”, she stated.
    The Commissioner  further stated  that among the three new cases is  a 23 year old male ‘’who came into the state from Istanbul via Dubai sometime in March.’’
    According to her, the second patient is ‘’51-year old male who was tested in Samaru, Sabon-Gari local government area, after coming in from Kano”.
    Dr Baloni further said that the third patient  had earlier travelled to Kano and he is a  42-year old male from Unguwan  Geza, Kaduna.
    ‘’These new cases reflect the danger that interstate travels pose to efforts to contain Covid-19’’,  she pointed out, warning that  ‘’such travels spread the virus from place to place, complicate contact tracing and risk implanting the virus in communities.’’
    Dr Baloni argued that the lockdown which mandates ‘’ people to stay at home is based on the logic that during a pandemic, the less contact there is with others, the safer everyone is.’’
    The statement warned residents ‘’to avoid interstate travels and to promptly report to the authorities any person who has recently travelled from an affected state and develops symptoms of cough, fever or sore throat.’’
    The Commissioner said that ‘’such reports can be made to the COVID -19 Call Centre in Kaduna State, on the following numbers: 08051217710, 09058008251, 08118588175, 08118588176 and 09032102632.’’
    Dr Baloni  also reiterated  ‘’the importance of hand-washing, personal hygiene, social distancing and the avoidance of large gatherings in helping protect us all from Covid-19. It is important to stay home, stay safe and save lives. ‘’