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| Captured bandits (not the actual incident) |
One hundred bandits have been apprehended in Kano
state. They are alleged to have been behind several acts of banditry including
kidnappings in the state. The state commissioner of police, Abu Ahmad Sani,
disclosed that among items seized from the criminals include 200 cows, N5 million, two AK 47 riffles and soldiers uniforms.
It is not possible to know for a cert if every one of
those arrested are actually guilty of the crimes alleged. In Nigeria, once
individuals have been paraded as criminals by the police, it is almost impossible
to change the narrative concerning their legal status.
The coming of the APC governments at state and federal levels in Nigeria has brought about a drastic reduction in Boko Haram activities but a concomitant astronomical rise in banditry, kidnapping and massacres by suspected herdsmen.
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