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TERRORISTS TARGET TELECOM WORKERS IN KEBBI, KILLING FOUR

A group of terrorists linked to the Lakurawa group launched a deadly attack on a construction site in Gumki village, Arewa Local Government Area of Kebbi State. The victims were employees of a leading telecommunications firm, Airtel, who were installing a surveillance mast for the Nigeria Immigration Service. According to the police, four people lost their lives in the attack. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Nafiu Abubakar, confirmed that three of the victims were Airtel staff, while the fourth was a local resident. The Commissioner of Police, Kebbi State Command, CP Bello M Sani, swiftly responded to the incident by deploying additional tactical teams to the area. CP Sani charged the teams to take decisive action against the suspected bandits responsible for the attack. In a meeting with local residents, CP Sani appealed for their cooperation and assistance in providing relevant information to aid the police in their response. The police have evacuated the bodies of the victims to Sir Yahaya Memorial Hospital in Birnin Kebbi. This latest attack comes just a week after the same terrorist group killed two police officers in the area, highlighting the escalating violence in the region.

COUP ATTEMPT IN CHAD LEAVES 19 DEAD, AND SEVERAL INJURED

A daring attack on the presidential complex in Chad’s capital, N’Djamena, has left 19 people dead and several others injured. The assault, which occurred on Wednesday evening, was carried out by a group of 24 armed men who attempted to storm the complex. According to government spokesman and Foreign Minister Abderaman Koulamallah, 18 of the attackers were killed, along with one security personnel member. Six attackers were injured, while three security personnel members were also injured, one of them seriously. Koulamallah appeared in a video on Facebook, surrounded by soldiers, saying that “the situation is completely under control… the destabilisation attempt was put down.” He later described the incident as a “little incident” and assured that everything was calm. The attack coincided with an official visit by China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi to Chad, which has recently ended a defense cooperation pact with France. Chad is a key player in the fight against Islamic militants in West and Central Africa’s troubled Sahel region. President Mahamat Idriss Deby, who seized power after his father’s death in 2021, has been leading the country under military rule. The country faces numerous challenges, including regular attacks by the jihadist Boko Haram group in the Lake Chad region. A security source described the incident as an attempted terrorist attack, saying that individuals in three vehicles attacked the military camps around the president’s office, but the army neutralized them. Residents in the area reported hearing loud volleys of gunshots, with one resident saying, “I am stuck at Place de Nation in front of the president’s office, because I hear intense gunfire and military vehicles coming from all directions.”