Rampaging bandits in some northern states have killed no fewer than 20 persons including a village head in Ganar-Kiyawa village of Adabka District, Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
It was learnt that the latest onslaught occurred morning of Sunday, March 20, 2022, when the gunmen stormed the community and started shooting sporadically, killing 20 persons including the village head.
Tgnews further learnt that the terrorists equally attacked some surrounding villages, looted shops, and carted away some valuables.
A source from the affected villages who would not want to be mentioned explained that communities under Adabka ward have been going through a series of attacks and abductions from the bandits.
According to him, the criminals attack almost on a daily basis, abduct people, majorly women and children.
The source added that residents of Ganar Kiyawa have been sleeping in the bush for the fear of being attacked by the bandits in their homes.
According to him, the situation has been like that because soldiers were only stationed at Adabka and Gwashi town, leaving other villages vulnerable to bandits’ attacks.
Lamenting that security agencies are not enough to mount all the villages around, he said the entire area only have a military presence in two major places, Adabka town, and Gwashi, maintaining that all other villages around are left uncovered by the security agencies making it easy for bandits to storm and attack those areas anytime they wish to.
The latest attack is yet to be confirmed by the state police.
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