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Bandits in the early hours of Sunday attacked Saye Divisional Police headquarters in Zaria, Kaduna state. × × The attack,  The Nation , learnt was carried out simultaneously with another on the staff quarters of National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Training Centre, Zaria where seven persons, including nursing mothers were kidnapped. A source from the area, who confirmed no life was lost in the two attacks, said the bandits attacked the station to prevent the operatives from foiling the kidnap operation at the Leprosy Centre.

Embattled Yoruba nation' s leader and representative, Chief Sunday Adeyemo who is popularly known as Sunday Igboho has on Friday, countered claims by the State Security Service (SSS) that a cache of arms and ammunition were recovered from his residence during a midnight raid on Thursday in which they killed and arrested his aides. He declared that the President Muhammadu Buhari- led Federal Government decided to frame him up because of his perception as a threat to the Fulanisation agenda in Nigeria which he feels has already begun.   Sunday Igboho in a statement by his media aide, Mr Olayomi Koiki, said: " The invasion on my house was done without a search warrant of any kind and I was not invited for questioning or investigation at any government facility before the invasion. " " The operatives that stormed my residence without any prior notice and destroyed my property in the name of searching for arms. They also killed people and stole money and other valuables a

During the attack, Department of State Services (DSS) operatives raided the Ibadan home of Yoruba Nation activist Chief Sunday Adeyemo alias Sunday Igboho and allegedly carted away numerous items.   One of Sunday Igboho' s aides said that DSS operatives grabbed N3 million and numerous pieces of jewelry from the activist' s bedroom during the incident. The secret police also took away a closed- circuit television box during the raid on Thursday, preventing a repeat of their actions, he alleged. The DSS had previously admitted to being behind the raid on Igboho' s residence, alleging that the raid was carried out in response to intelligence reports that the Yoruba Nation activist was stockpiling dangerous weapons in his home. During the operation, the DSS recovered roughly fourteen items from the house, according to the DSS. But, according to a source close to Igboho who spoke to Punch on the condition of anonymity, the DSS took more than they stated.   The agents opened fire