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Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan
BY GARBA MUHAMMAD, Kaduna
Kaduna State Government has disputed social media reports of bandit attack along Kaduna-Abuja expressway.
This follows an attack on the Kaduna-Abuja bound train that claimed the lives of eight passengers and the kidnap of yet-to-be-accounted-for number of passengers.
A statement on Thursday by Samuel Aruwan Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State, said: “A few hours ago some panic was spread on social media over bandits barricading the Kaduna-Abuja Road and kidnapping citizens plying the route.”
He said the buzz in circulation is false and was presented by a group of social media enthusiasts who celebrate negative news.
The commissioner said the preliminary operational feedback showed that fleeing bandits escaping a military onslaught attempted to pass through a narrow corridor around Kasarami general area of Kaduna-Abuja road.
“The troops, on receiving this intelligence, hurriedly moved to the location and engaged them in the adjoining forest.
“The Kaduna State Government will update members of the general public when more detailed feedback is received.
“The Kaduna State Government does not deny the existence of security challenges, and continues to work assiduously with relevant military and security agencies,” he added.
