Unknown gunmen Suspected to be bandits have attacked Gada Community in Bungudu local government and killed the District Head of area, Alhaji Umar Bawan-Allah and four others, Njenje Media News reports.
The gunmen also abducted Unspecified number of Persons, majority of who are women and children.
According to reports, they stormed the area Tuesday night with Sophisticated weapons and unleashed mayhem on the people.
An indigene of the town, Makau Mohammed told newsmen that the bandits came to the town around 11 pm on Tuesday night and blocked all the roads leading to the town then started shooting sporadically.
He maintained that some of the bandits entered into the town, while other bandits stood by the roadsides to ensure that nobody escaped.
He said, the bandits spent several hours in the town, where they searched many houses, took away several items including foodstuffs and money and also abducted many people.
According to him, the District Head was killed in the process because of his refusal to comply with the bandits’ directives.
The Zamfara State Commissioner for Information Ibrahim Dosara, while confirming the incident, said the state government is working tirelessly to rid the state of kind of criminal activities
Ibrahim Dosara on behalf of the Government commiserated with the affected Community, Immediate family of the traditional ruler and the family of the Kidnap Victims
Communities under Bungudu local government has in recent times come under bandits Attack leading to the displacement of many locals.
