Following a bandits’attack on Goran Namaye communtiy Sunday night, residents of the village have said the terrorists have abducted over 120 people.
The Zamfara state police command spokesperson, SP Mohammed Shehu, had said four people were killed while 50 others had been kidnapped during the attack.
But speaking to BBC Hausa, Ibrahim Sulaiman, said the figure now stands at 120.
Mr. Sulaiman said a day after the attack, the district head of the area mandated other traditional rulers to conduct house to house check to ascertain the number of those kidnapped by the bandits.
“We conducted a house to house count, asking questions to verify those who have been kidnapped. We found out that several people who got scared and ran into the bush returned after the bandits had left
“Others who left the town for safer places were also reached through phones. When we finished the counting, we found out that they’re 120 people that couldn’t be accounted for,” he added.
He noted that in his house alone, nine people, including his eldest brother have been kidnapped.
He said when the bandits entered the community around 1:35am, they started shooting before going from house to house, choosing people to kidnap.
“They gathered those they kidnapped from 1am to 5am and took them away with them,” he said.
He further noted that people of the town met at the district head house where a comprehensive list was made of those kidnapped, adding that it tallied with their earlier submission.
Communities in Maradun and Bakura local government areas in Zamfara state have been facing renewed bandits attacks in recent days.
