Bandits have killed four people and reportedly kidnapped the Vice Chairman of Bukkuyyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Hon. Bala Muhammad Maijidadi and several others in the area.<\/p>\n
The coordinated attacks took place between Sunday night and Monday morning.<\/p>\n
A villager, Nasiru Adamu, told a journalist in a telephone interview on Tuesday night that the gunmen invaded the Shemori community, Mada District of Gusau at about 9:20 pm on Sunday and kidnapped six women.<\/p>\n
It was also gathered that early on Monday, another gang of bandits stormed Kairu community in Zugu District, killing two locals and abducting an unspecified number of people.<\/p>\n
In Mada town, Gusau district, the gunmen targeted Hayin Bajumi, where they burnt the house of one Aliyu Usman.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe fire incident killed two of his children, five-year-old Ishaq Aliyu and two-year-old Jafar Aliyu.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe gunmen also abducted Usman\u2019s neighbour\u2019s wife, along with her one-year-old baby before fleeing the scene,\u201d the source disclosed.<\/p>\n
All efforts to get the reaction of the State police spokesman, ASP Yazeed Abubakar proved abortive as of the time of filing this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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