Bandits kill five, abduct 22 in midnight attacks on Sokoto communities

In abstracted midnight attacks connected 3 communities successful Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State, bandits killed astir 5 radical and kidnapped 22 others.

A root told DAILY POST that the attacks occurred betwixt 11 p.m. connected Tuesday and 12 americium connected Wednesday successful Sabon Birni town, Dan Aduwa and Kwaren Gamba.

In Sabon Birni town, the gunmen attacked done Sabon Hegi quarters, an outskirt area, entering from the occidental broadside of a cemetery and shooting sporadically, causing panic successful the communities.

He explained, “The attackers came successful done Sabon Hegi and started shooting indiscriminately. People were moving successful antithetic directions. Two people, identified arsenic Abbas Sani and Bala Mai Laya Moriki, were killed, portion 8 others were abducted.”

According to him, a visually impaired antheral was among those abducted, adding that helium was carried distant and could not spot what was happening.

The root explained that 1 of those killed and 5 of the abducted victims had travelled from Moriki successful Zamfara State for food business.

He stated that 5 injured victims are presently receiving attraction astatine the General Hospital successful Sabon Birni.
Security operatives, helium explained, arrived astir 20 minutes aft the attackers had fled.

In Dan Aduwa village, helium said that the bandits attacked the country ar...