Bandits have killed a one Ashiru Nagoma and kidnapped his wife and neighbour in Buluku, an outskirt of Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara state.
The spokesperson for the state command, ASP Yazid Abubakar, said on Tuesday.
The police said the late Nagoma had resisted the gunmen, and they, in turn, killed him and abducted his wife and neighbour.
“The bandits did not attack the mosque. They had a target, and it was the man that was attacked. His wife and neighbour were abducted.
“Our rescue team is on top of the situation and is making frantic efforts to make sure that the perpetrators are brought to book and the abducted victims are rescued. An investigation is also ongoing,” he maintained.
The bandits abducted scores of worshippers in one of the mosques in Tsafe town, the headquarters of Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
An indigene of the area, simply identified as Garba, told newsmen that the bandits invaded the mosque around 5 a.m. when the people were about to start the morning prayer.
Garba said, ”We were about to start the morning prayer today, Thursday, when suddenly they (bandits) entered the mosque and directed everybody to go out and follow them.
A security expert based in Maiduguri Zagazola Makama has revealed on his X that gunmen sneaked into Gusau to kidnap worshippers in a mosque while observing midnight prayers around 2 am.
Makama said “the bandits sneaked into Gusau Town and abducted several worshippers in a Mosque while they were observing tahajjud (midnight) prayers,” he stated.
