Gunmen suspected to be bandits attacked Kakin Dawa village in Gidan Goga district, Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State, abducting over 50 women and children.
The assailants, armed with sophisticated weapons, reportedly stormed the community around 1:30 am on Sunday, moving from house to house in their assault.
A resident of the village, speaking on the incident, said, “Everyone started running because the armed bandits have been targeting our village. Later, we discovered that more than 50 of our women were abducted.” He added that the victims include young girls and married women.
The resident appealed to the federal and Zamfara State governments to deploy more security personnel to the area to combat the attackers and prevent further incidents.
Efforts to reach the spokesperson for the Zamfara State Police Command, ASP Yazid Abubakar, for comments were unsuccessful as of the time of filing this report.
