Southern Kaduna senator, Sunday Marshall Katung, has condemned renewed attacks in several communities in the area.

The senator spoke in a statement he released o. Tuesday.

“On August 25, 2025, bandits attacked Angwan Rimi, Kamar, in the Chawai chiefdom of Kajuru local government area of Kaduna state, killing seven people and injuring many others,” he noted.

He lamented that another attack occurred ib Wakeh in the Agunu District of Kachia local government, where eight people were killed and several others injured.

According to him, houses and other properties in Wakeh and Gadanaji communities were also set ablaze.

“Bandits again on Sunday evening attacked U/Kaniko, Mile 1, in Kanikon chiefdom of Jema’a local government, killing a resident, Musa Shock, a hardworking youth,” he added.

The senator extended his condolences to the families who lost their loved ones, while praying for the speedy recovery of those injured.

He described the repeated attacks as heartbreaking and very painful, saying that the continued targeting of innocent civilians has no place in a civilized society.

Katung appealed to security agencies to safeguard lives and property of Nigerians in every part of the country.

The Senate has turned down Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s request to return to legislative duties, insisting that her six-month suspension is still in force until the Court of Appeal rules on her case.

In a letter signed by the Acting Clerk to the National Assembly, Dr. Yahaya Danzaria, the Senate acknowledged receiving the senator’s notice that she planned to resume on September 4, 2025, which she said marked the end of her suspension.

But the Senate pointed out that her suspension started on March 6, 2025, and added that the matter is sub judice  since it is already before the Court of Appeal.

“The matter remains sub judice, and until the judicial process is concluded, no administrative action can be taken to facilitate your resumption,” the letter stated.

Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan, who represents Kogi Central, was suspended in March after the Senate accused her of breaching its standing orders.

While the Federal High Court in Abuja upheld the suspension, she has since taken the matter to the Court of Appeal.

Former Kogi West lawmaker, Senator Dino Melaye, has described the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as dead and buried.

Melaye disclosed that APC agents from the Presidential Villa are controlling the PDP.

The key member of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, disclosed this while featuring on Arise Television’s Prime Time on Monday night.

According to Melaye: “Apart from our Lord Jesus Christ no dead can rise again and I want to tell you that whatever you are seeing is make-shift, the dead is dead, we can only advertise the obituary.

“Dead and buried, PDP was sold and I’m not sure if they got the receipt of payment but it was sold and what you have now is APC controlled PDP.

“It’s a party that is being controlled from the Villa, it’s the agents of the APC that controls the PDP.”

Reacting to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State’s remark regarding the party, Melaye said: “If a sitting governor is saying let’s have a party first, it means that there is no party.

“I’m a proud member of the ADC and that is the party that will unseat Tinubu and by the grace of God send Tinubu out of the Villa, come may 29, 2027.”