Bandits set ablaze district head’s palace in Zamfara

Bandits person carried retired a reprisal onslaught connected Yankuzo assemblage successful Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, mounting ablaze the palace of the territory head, Babangida Hamza, and looting properties hours aft a subject violative targeted their hideouts.

The attackers, reportedly led by a fig identified arsenic Mai Rasha, stormed the assemblage connected Tuesday afternoon, firing sporadically arsenic they precocious earlier burning down the accepted ruler’s residence.

“They rode successful shooting and went consecutive to my palace and burnt it,” Hamza told journalists, confirming that helium was not astatine location astatine the clip of the attack. He added that members of his household had been safely evacuated earlier the assailants arrived.

According to the territory head, helium has repeatedly been marked arsenic a people by equipped groups operating successful the region. He noted that helium had antecedently been forced to relocate owed to threats and was abducted astir six months agone implicit alleged links with information operatives.

Residents said the gunmen remained successful the assemblage for respective hours up until astir 3:30 p.m, during which they besides carried retired a...