Bandits attack Sokoto community, kill one, abduct INEC staff

Bandits person attacked Girkau colony successful Kebbe Local Government Area of Sokoto State, sidesplitting 1 idiosyncratic and abducting an INEC unit member.

The onslaught reportedly occurred successful the aboriginal hours of Thursday, September 10, 2026, with the abducted authoritative identified arsenic Bala Aladan, an INEC unit subordinate moving successful Tambuwal Local Government Area.

The Sokoto State Police Command said it had launched an probe into the incidental and deployed further unit to the affected area.

The command’s spokesperson, DSP Ahmed Rufai, said the attackers stormed the assemblage aft residents had been evacuated from the area.

He said 1 nonmigratory was killed, portion an INEC worker from Tambuwal Local Government Area was abducted during the attack.

“Security agencies person been notified and are said to beryllium connected the ground. As of this morning, nary further study has been received from the area,” Rufai said.

A resident, Munir Auwal, however, said the attackers stormed the assemblage successful the aboriginal hours, shooting sporadically earlier abducting an unspecified fig of residents.

A constabulary source, who spoke anonymously, said operatives were conducting search-and-rescue operations and tracking the fleeing attackers.

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