Bandits reportedly killed about six persons while abducting 40 others in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
Channels TV reports that the Chairman of Birnin-Gwari Emirate Progressives Union (BEPU), Ishaq Usman Kasai, in a statement on Saturday, said the attack occurred between Wednesday and Thursday this week.
The State Police Command and the Kaduna State Government have yet to comment on the incident.
Kasai explained that all six victims were farmers, including the Vice Chairman of the Jama’atul Izalatul Bid’ah Wa Iqamatus-Sunnah, Mallam Yakubu Muhammad Bugai.
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He further disclosed that about 40 other farmers were also abducted by the bandits in separate attacks.
The statement added that the Islamic cleric was shot in his abdomen on his farmland located around the Rema area and was later evacuated and taken to Jibril Mai-Gwari General Hospital.
The BEPU chairman stated that the bandits abducted scores of locals around the Kuyambana Forest which he said serves as hideouts for the bandits.
The bandits were said to have also invaded Unguwan Danfulani village, killing one person and kidnapping seven family members. The criminals later kidnapped six traders along the western part of the Birnin-Gwari Weekly Market.