Bandits invaded Tadurga community in Zuru Local Government Area of Kebbi State, killing scores, kidnapped locals and and rustled cows.
According to the villagers, the bandits, numbering over 50, came to the community on Monday night when people asleep.
A villager, Mansur Dabai said We just heard gunshots from every direction and then people started to run out of their houses to escape from the invading bandits. The bandits looted many shops, killed many people, abducted some and also rustled cows.”
Another villager, Ahmed Aliyu, said “The attack is the first in two years after farmers were denied access to their farms by the bandits. Through the security measures put in place by the government, farmers had returned to their farms but we were surprised by this attack.”
The state Command’s Spokesperson, CSP Nafiu Abubakar, confirmed the attack, saying they were still investigating the incident and would get back to our reporter but he was yet to do so at the time of filing this report.
Bandits in the last two years have been attacking communities under the Zuru Emirate.
