The reported abduction of Islamic clerics who attended a prayer gathering hosted by former Zamfara State Governor and Director-General of the Tinubu 2027 Presidential Campaign, Senator Abdul’aziz Yari, has renewed concerns over the persistent security challenges facing the state. The clerics were reportedly abducted after attending the gathering at Yari’s residence in Talata Mafara on Saturday, September 12, where thousands of Islamic scholars and clerics reportedly gathered to pray for peace, an end to insecurity and the success of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s 2027 re-election bid. The reported incident has attracted attention because it occurred shortly after a major gathering centred on prayers for peace and security in a state that has continued to battle banditry and kidnapping. While the circumstances surrounding the alleged abduction remain unclear, reports indicate that the affected clerics were travelling away from the gathering when they were reportedly intercepted by ...
Nigerian praises the efforts of security forces following an intelligent reports that led to the interception and arrest of part of the 500 bandits kingpins and Boko Haram convicts that Alledged to received governor Dauda Lawal executive pardon last two weeks ago. Sources from Zamfara State Central Motorpark confirmed that, some of the pardoned convicts hired Marcopolo Buses and trailers conveying foodstuffs to Southwest and Southeast respectively. Zamfara State governor Dauda Lawal has last two weeks hit the waves of critsm from Nigerians for secretly granting State pardoned to 500 convicted bandits and Boko Haram jailed by the previous administration of Senator Abdul Aziz Yari and His Excellency Bello Mohammed Matawalle now the Defence Minister. As of the time of compiling this report, it was reported that the pardoned convicts caught by the security forces who sided themselves in a laden PVC truck confessed to have been part of those released by Zamfara State ...