The village head of Kukar Babangida city in Jibia native authorities space of Katsina State, Magaji Haruna, has been killed alongside his son, Idris Haruna, when armed bandits invaded the group within the early hours of Thursday.
The Chairman of the council, Bashir Sabiu, who confirmed the incident to newsmen, mentioned eight different folks have been killed by the bandits.
A resident who additionally spoke on the situation of anonymity, mentioned the bandits entered the group late on Wednesday evening and operated until Thursday morning.
“Three folks have been killed along with the son of the village, Idris Haruna, in the identical home, whereas two have been the watchmen of an organization, Tinna Tech. The terrorists slaughtered one of many watchmen and shot the opposite with a gun.
“They’ve additionally set two vehicles of the corporate and one different gulf automobile ablaze,” he mentioned.
One other resident mentioned other than these killed, the bandits additionally kidnapped some ladies throughout the assault.
He alleged that the deliberate assault was uncovered since round 5pm on Wednesday when the terrorists have been sighted converging round Taka-Tsaba and Yargeza villages and safety forces have been alerted however sadly, nothing a lot was finished to forestall the incident.
“We have been assured by the safety brokers that there was satisfactory safety reinforcement to return ought to there be any assault, however sadly the bandits operated for a number of hours with none problem. Solely an operation automobile got here after the attackers had left,” he mentioned.
The State Police spokesman, ASP Abubakar Sadiq Aliyu, who additionally confirmed the incident, nonetheless mentioned 9 folks have been killed and promised to launch a complete assertion later
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