Bandits Abduct 40 Worshippers, Kill District Head In Zamfara

A pack of equipped bandits person abducted implicit 40 worshippers successful Gidan Turbe colony of Tsafe Local Government Area, Zamfara State.

Also, equipped bandits person attacked Dogon Daji municipality successful Tsafe Local Government Area of the State, beheading the town’s territory head.

The bandits carrying blase weapons invaded the colony connected Monday portion residents of the assemblage were observing the dawn prayers and abducted astir 40 of them.

Eyewitness accounts revealed the bandits led the abducted persons towards a fashionable Mountain called Gahori.

The attackers person terrified the community, conscionable arsenic they person compelled residents of the neighbouring communities to fly their homes for fearfulness of being attacked.

Muhammad Yusuf Tsafe said the accusation they got from Turbe colony was that galore residents person fled their homes for safety, lamenting that though immoderate residents remained successful Turbe, galore others person relocated their loved ones to different towns that are comparatively peaceful.

He said immoderate residents person sent their families to Gusau, the authorities capital, adding, “It is simply a unspeakable experience. For implicit 40 radical to beryllium abducted successful a azygous operation, you cognize that should beryllium a root of concern.

Tsafe added that the attackers were said to person surrounded the mosque until aft the worshippers finished the prayers and abducted their victims.

Another nonmigratory of Tsafe, Yunusa Kafi Karfin Yaro, says the bandits person intensified their attacks, particularly successful confederate Tsafe, affecting respective communities, including Danjibga, Bilbis, Kwalfada, Wanke, Kucheri, and Machiya.

Leadership learnt that respective people, chiefly women and children, person been taken into captivity by the bandits recently.

Reports from Katsina authorities besides revealed that Operation FANSAN YAMMAN (OPFY) troops person foiled banditry attacks successful Katsina, Kebbi and Zamfara States.

In Katsina state, the troops of 17 Brigade Forward Operating Base (FOB) Mabai ambushed terrorists successful Gatakawa colony and recovered a motorcycle and a mobile phone.

Consequently, troops of Forward Operating Base (FOB) Danmusa responded to an ambush connected unit of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) adjacent Danmusa Forest and, successful repelling the attack, 1 NSCDC operative sustained gunshot wounds and aboriginal died astatine Danmusa General Hospital.

Again, a convoy of the troops of Operation Fansan Yamma was ambushed successful Faskari, and 2 soldiers were reported wounded, adjacent though the troops had succeeded successful foiling the attack.

The convoy of the Commanding Officer of the 382 Army Regiment, who was connected a regular patrol to FOBs successful Faskari, Mabai and Dan Ali, came nether onslaught astatine Ruwan Godiya colony on the Sheme-Kankara road.

However, the troops fought done the onslaught and extricated the convoy to safety. Two soldiers sustained gunshot wounds and were instantly treated astatine FOB Mabai earlier evacuation to 17 Brigade Medical Centre.

In Kebbi state, the troops of the 8 Division Garrison engaged terrorists astatine Ungushi colony successful Kebbe LGA, forcing them to flee. One civilian sustained a gunshot coiled and was evacuated to Kebbe General Hospital.

Again, successful Augie LGA of Kebbi State, troops successful conjunction with NSCDC, responded to violent enactment successful Tunga Dade, Mera village. The terrorists carted distant a motorcycle earlier fleeing. Troops pursued them but made nary contact.

In Zamfara State, troops of 1 Brigade Team 7 connected patrol astatine Mararaba Kyeware successful Tsafe LGA pursued terrorists. On their return, the patrol squad was ambushed astir Kuka.

Efforts to scope the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Yazid Abubakar, for remark proved abortive, arsenic the mobile telephone could not beryllium reached erstwhile filing this report.

Meanwhile, the Chairman of Tsafe Local Government Area, Hon. Garba Shehu Tsafe, confirmed to the BBC that the sidesplitting of the territory caput occurred connected Monday evening.

“We person conscionable received reports that gunmen person entered Dogon Daji municipality and person killed the territory headman,” helium said.

He added that today, the gunmen blocked immoderate roads successful the country starring to Gusau.

The section authorities president attributed the summation successful attacks successful the country to the ongoing unit successful neighboring Katsina state.

Security experts person agelong warned that making bid with the militants is not a solution, arsenic they could permission the country of bid to onslaught different areas, and past instrumentality to the country of bid to question refuge.