Armed bandits have attacked Maikujera community in Rabba local government area of Sokoto state, killing at least ten people, Njenje Media News reports.
According to residents of the community, the assailants rode on motorcycles to their village with armed sophisticated weapons and started shooting at villagers.
Sources said by the time the gunshots subsides over ten persons were found dead and several persons sustained different degrees of injuries.
Police Public Relations Officer for Sokoto State, Assistant Superintendent of Police Sanusi Abubakar confirmed the attack, which he said happened late last week.
According to him, twelve persons were killed by the attackers.
Villages in Rabba local government area in Sokoto have come under series of attacks by suspected bandits and a recent attack on Gandi districts of the local government claimed the lives of thirty persons.