Scores killed as armed bandits raid Zamfara communities

It was another round of harrowing experience for some communities in Zamfara State on Saturday as armed bandits attacked them, killing several persons.

Residents say the attacka on Kursasa, Kurya and Gidan Achali communities in Shinkafi Local Government Area of the state left about 40 people dead, though the state police command said only 10 people died.

“At Gidan Achali community alone, over 20 people were massacred. And at Kursasa community, 10 people were killed while at Kurya, 13 persons were reported dead,” an official of the Shinkafi Local Government Area confided in PREMIUM TIMES anonymously.

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The official said further: “Number of people killed at Gidan Achali community is terrible because the high number of casualties in the area is worrisome.”

According to the source, armed person move freely without any action by security agencies despite constant attacks on Shinkafi and other local governments in Zamfara.

“It is just like there is no constituted authority in Zamfara State. Nobody cares about our lives.

“We have now become easy prey for bandits in Shinkafi,” he said.

Mohammed Idris, the Zamfara State Police Command spokesman, while confirming the attack, insisted that only 10 people were killed at an onion farm in Kursasa community, adding that security personnel have been mobilised to the area.

 

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