Amnesty raises alarm over bandits’ siege on Zamfara’s Dansadau

Amnesty International has called connected Nigerian authorities to instrumentality urgent enactment to extremity the ongoing attacks by equipped bandits connected Dansadau District successful Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State.

In a station connected its Facebook page, the organisation said dozens of villages successful the territory had been nether siege for the past 10 days, with residents reportedly incapable to participate oregon permission the affected communities due to the fact that of the activities of equipped groups.

It said the bandits invaded Yar Gada colony connected Sunday and deliberately acceptable vehicles connected fire, forcing residents to fly successful antithetic directions.

“For years, radical tin lone question connected Magami-Dansadau roadworthy with subject escort,” Amnesty International said, highlighting the prolonged insecurity affecting question on the route.

The organisation besides reported that residents of immoderate affected villages claimed they had received beforehand warnings of impending attacks done telephone calls.

According to the residents, the equipped groups had besides demanded immense sums of money, threatening to termination oregon abduct those who failed to pay.

Amnesty International described the unit successful Zamfara arsenic “Nigeria’s forgotten conflict,” arguing that the nonaccomplishment to support civilians had near villagers susceptible to repeated attacks.

The organisation said equipped bandits had killed hundreds of radical successful the authorities implicit the past decade, portion the continuing insecurity had ...