Bandits launch attack on defence minister’s hometown, kidnap 50 residents
Bandits have launched attack at the hometown of the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, in the Kakin-Dawa in the Gidan Goga district of Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State abducting over 50 residents.
Penpushing reports that residents explained that the bandits conducted a house-to-house search and abducted mostly women and children, while Hassan Ya’u, a resident of Kakin-Dawa said his younger sister was among the abducted persons
The residents added that the gunmen invaded the community on motorcycles at about 1:30 a.m. on Sunday and picked residents from house to house, just as they appealed to the federal and Zamfara State governments to send more soldiers and security personnel to fight these bandits.
Penpushing further reports that Zamfara State Police Command Public Relations Officer Yazeed Abubakar, when contacted on Tuesday said he was yet to be briefed by the divisional police officer in the town due to poor telecommunication network.
The bandits it is recalled in similar development launched attack in September, where they abducted over 40 persons at Janboka, a community in the same Maradun local government area, while residents said the terrorists struck despite the presence of local security guards in the community, lamenting that attacks in the area had become frequent.
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