Bandits kidnap over 60 persons in Zamfara, Katsina communities

Bandits have reportedly kidnapped no fewer than 60 persons in Zamfara, and Katsina States.

The kidnapped victims are said to be mostly children from Kucheri, Wanzamai, and Danwuro communities in Tsafe LGA of Zamfara State, and Yankara town in Faskari LGA of Katsina State.

The abductions reportedly happened on Friday morning when the bandits were moving from Sububu forest in Zamfara to a forest in Birnin Gwari LGA of Kaduna state.

A resident of Tsafe LGA, Ahmad Kucheri, who spoke to Journalists, noted that the bandits suffered casualties from the military, and were running away from the state.

Kucheri stated that the bandits began abducting people they saw on their way out of the state.

He specified that most of the victims were kidnapped from their farms, whereas some were children who had gone to fetch firewood in the bush.

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Kucheri said: “The bandits were moving from Sububu Forest to Birnin-Gwari side. So, they see people in the bush fetching firewood, they picked them, some children that are picking local fertilizers, some that are doing mining work, they gathered all of them and moved them to Birnin-Gwari side to Niger State.

“They did not shoot or kill anybody, they just gathered people and not only children but anybody they see along their way.”

The spokesman of the Zamfara Police Command, Mohammed Shehu, was yet to respond to the incident as at the time of filing this report.

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