Suspected armed bandits have invaded Ruwan Tofa village in the Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State, abducting over 70 people, including nursing mothers and children.
LN247 gathered that the armed men riding motorcycles, attacked the village on Wednesday shooting sporadically.
According to a source, the bandits kidnapped at least 70 persons and carted away valuables, including foodstuffs and animals.
Houses and vehicles belonging to villagers were also destroyed and burnt.
“The attack lasted for several hours, the gunmen took at least 70 persons into the forest,” the source said.
The incident occurred few days after gunmen killed 40 persons and abducted over many others at Sabuwar Tunga, a neighbouring village in Maru LGA.
Deadly attacks have raged across Zamfara state where bandits have thrived.
Farming and herding communities in the state have long been terrorised by gangs who raid villages, stealing cattle and kidnap residents for ransom.
On Friday, 279 students of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in the Talata Mafara Local Government area of the state were abducted.
The gunmen were said to have arrived the school around 1 am and loaded the girls in buses.
The students were released after negotiations between the government and the kidnappers.
Bloody Reunion
The reunion ceremony of the 279 abducted students of Government Girls Junior Secondary School in Jangebe, Zamfara state and their parents on Wednesday, March 3, turned bloody after military officers allegedly fired shots at the agitated parents, killing one person while two other persons sustained serious gunshot injuries and have been rushed to the hospital.
According to reports, the anxious parents had gathered within the school premises waiting to reunite with their children.
Trouble started when the parents who were angry that the reunion ceremony was unnecessarily too long, disrupted the proceedings to hug their children and reunite with them.
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LN247 had earlier reported that security agents at the reunion ceremony allegedly fired shots at the agitated parents who were against the prolonged ceremony organized to reunite with their daughters.
It was in the moment of the chaos that the military allegedly pulled their trigger, killing one person. Two others sustained gunshot wounds.
Sadly, one of the two injured victims later died. The other one according to Arise TV is still in the hospital.
In 2019, the state government entered a peace agreement with the gunmen.
About 15 brand new Hilux vehicles and cash gifts were also given to leaders of different ‘repentant’ gangs of bandits by the governor in 2020.
But despite all these, communities in the state are still being attacked and residents kidnapped and/or killed.
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