Communities of Unguwar Dan-Baki, Sabon-Layi village in Birnin-Gwari local government area of Kaduna State, were on Sunday evening attacked by armed bandits.
The attackers who stormed the village around 7.00pm killed three people and abducted two nursing mothers, one of them an infant of eight days old and five men.
An eye witness, Garba Tanko said: โWe were attacked as we are about joining Maghreb (evening) prayers.โ
The attackers had a field day and carted away cattle use for animal traction by the villagers in their farms.
The attackers are using a corridors of Kamuku Forest and Kuyambana Forest in Zamfara state to terrorize farming communities in Birnin-Gwari local government territories.
incident, neither did he respond to text message sent to his mobile line as at the time of filing this report.
Confirming the incident to newsmen in Kaduna on Monday, Chairman, Birnin-Gwari Vanguards for Security and Good Governance, Ibrahim Abubakar Nagwari called on the Federal Government to deploy more troops to the area.
According to him, โAs the military and police personnel are advancing to secure many parts of our territories from armed bandits and kidnappers especially along Birnin-Gwari-Kaduna road as well as Birnin-Gwari-Funtua road, we are calling on the federal government to deploy more security forces to Birnin-Gwari to prevent influx of armed bandits escaping military onslaught in Zamfara state to Birnin-Gwari.โ
Meanwhile, Kaduna State Police Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Muktar Aliyu did not respond to calls put across to him to confirm the
