Bandits attack Kaduna village, kill two, rustler 223 cows

• They also rustled 223 cows during the attack which happened on Saturday, around 6 pm.

Bandits terrorising Nigeria’s north west region have struck again in Kaduna state.

At least two herders were killed by the rampaging bandits during an attack on Haying-Dam, in Kachia LGA of the State.

They also rustled 223 cows during the attack which happened on Saturday, around 6 pm.

City & Crime reports that Haying –Dam shares a boundary with neighbouring Gidan-Makeri- Janjala communities in Kagarko LGA through the River Gurara in the area.

A resident of Gidan-Makeri, Kabiru Awwal, disclosed that the bandits stormed the village in their large numbers wielding AK-47 rifles and attacked three herders camp in the area.

According to Awwal, the bandits first attacked the camp of one Alhaji Ibrahim Yabari, in which they rustled 123 cows, before they proceeded to the next camp and took away 100 cows.

“It was when the two among the herders were trying to resist the bandits from rustling the cows that one of the bandits opened fire and killed the two,” he said.

He said troops who were stationed at neighboring Janjala village, later arrived in the community and were still on the trail of the bandits.

The spokesman for the Kaduna State Police Command, DSP Mansur Hassan, has not issued a statement on the incident.