5 gunmen Shot Dead As Joint Security Team Storms Anambra Hideout

 

Five suspected gunmen have been killed in their hideout in Ufuma, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State.

Confirming the incident, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said that a Joint Security Team comprising the Police, Military, and other security agencies successfully carried out an offensive operation on Tuesday, January 14, 2025, at 12:30 PM against a suspected armed secessionist gang on Umugem Road, Ufuma.

He said that in the course of the operation, the team neutralized five members of the armed group, while others escaped with various degrees of bullet wounds.

The Police Spokesman added: “During the operation, the security team razed the criminal camp and recovered four undetonated Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), two AK-47 assault rifles, one pump-action gun, one 75-volt battery, and other incriminating items.”

While attributing the success of the operation to the collaboration and coordination among the various security agencies, Ikenga revealed that operations are still ongoing in the area to apprehend the fleeing gang members.

He said: “The Commissioner of Police (CP), Nnaghe Obono Itam, has called for greater cooperation from the people in the area for patriotic involvement to ‘take back the space’ and deny these criminal elements the environment they use to cause tension in the state.”

Popular South African Music Producer, DJ Sumbody Shot Dead

 

The hitmaker was shot dead in the early hours of Sunday, November 20,  in Johannesburg.

Local news platforms reported that DJ Sumbody and his entourage were travelling on Woodmead Road when unidentified shooters accosted their vehicle and sprayed it with a hail of bullets.

The entertainer and one of his bodyguards d!ed instantly after being caught in the hail of bullets.

A third person believed to be one of DJ Sumbody’s bodyguards is in critical condition after miraculously surviving the barrage of bullets.

Prior to the attack, DJ Sumbody was due to perform at the All White Veuve Clicquot Picnic on Sunday.

The motive of the murderous attack on DJ Sumbody and his entourage is yet to be established.

Confirming the attack, the Police in Gauteng said they are searching for suspects and investigating circumstances that led to a shooting in Woodmead.

Miyetti Allah Chairman Adamu Aliyu Shot Dead In Abuja

Bandits have invaded Gwagwalada Area Council of Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, and shot dead the chairman of the Miyyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) of the council, Adamu Aliyu.

Boom house  news platform understands that Miyetti Allah Chairman Adamu Aliyu was said to have been killed alongside four others near Daku village in Dobi ward of the council on Thursday but the news broke today, Sunday, April 10, 2022.

The news of Miyetti Allah Chairman Adamu Aliyu death was confirmed on Sunday by Secretary of MACBAN, Mohammed Usman in an interview with Daily Trust. The report said three persons were abducted, while three others who sustained gunshot wounds are receiving treatment at the University of Teaching Hospital in Gwagwalada.

The Secretary of MACBAN said the incident happened last Thursday, around 5 pm, when the late MACBAN chairman alongside others, were returning from Izom market in Niger state in Dyna truck, while the bandits suddenly emerged from the bush and opened fire on the truck.

According to him, the bandits shattered the windscreen of the truck, which was conveying the late MACBAN and some passengers.

“They were returning from Izom market in Niger state where they went to sell cows, until just one kilometer to Daku village when the bandits suddenly emerged from the bush and opened fire on the truck, killing the MACBAN chairman and four others,” he said

He gave the names of those killed as Saleh, Aliyu, Muhammadu and Saidu, saying the deceased’s corpses had been buried according to Islamic rites.

combined security agents comprising of soldiers, civil defence corps, mobile police and vigilante led by the Gwagwalada police area commander were at Daku village before the remains of the deceased were buried.

The chairman of Gwagwalada Area Council, Alhaji Adamu Mustapha, confirmed the incident to our reporter on telephone but declined to speak further, saying he was in a meeting and that he would call back later.

Sad As Upcoming Nollywood Actress Shot Dead In Delta State

Actress Chiemeke Ngozi has been Shot dead by Unknown Gunmen at Boji boji Owa in the Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta State.

According to report It was gathered that the Nollywood actress was killed on Wednesday along Deeper Life Road, in the Boji boji Owa area of Agbor..

Sources told Punch correspondent that they heard gunshots but before they could got to the scene, the hoodlums had fled.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, confirmed the killing of the actress who was also a POS operator.

The reason for the killing had not yet established at the time of filing the report, while the corpse was said to have been deposited at a mortuary in the area.