- Abubakar Uba, the village head, confirmed an attack by bandits who kidnapped the district head and seized numerous others in the village.
- The village residents reported that motorcycle-riding bandits stormed the community and began indiscriminately shooting.
At least fifty individuals, including women, children, and the district head, have been kidnapped, and three more people are said to have died in a bandit attack in Bagega, a mining community in Zamfara State.
According to Punch, a few locals who disclosed about the incident’s veracity claimed that on Tuesday morning, a group of gunmen on motorbikes broke into the village, opened fire on many homes, and fired without remorse.
Abubakar Uba, the head of the hamlet, confirmed the attack to Reuters, stating that the gunmen first abducted the district chief before abducting numerous other villagers.
“They stormed the village on dozens of motorcycles, and their first stop was the district head’s residence. A few of them took him away with three members of his household before they entered the town and unleashed more harm,” Uba stated.
All efforts to speak with the state police spokesperson, Yazid Abubakar, for his comments on the attack were fruitless as he did not respond to calls or messages sent to his phone, as of the time of filing this report.