In Sokoto, bandits kill 13 and kidnap 73 civilians

In the eastern area of Sokoto State, bandits have killed 13 people and kidnapped 73 others, including women and children.

Three local government regions in which several villages were attacked The local governments that are impacted are Sabon Birni, Gada, and Goronyo.

According to information our reporter got, both communities were attacked on Monday, almost at the same time.

A traditional title holder in Sabon Birni who spoke to the Daily Trust on the condition of anonymity reported that three communities in his local government area had been assaulted, resulting in 11 fatalities.

Six people were slain in the two settlements of Gatawa and Dangari—two in Gatawa and three in Kurawa.

The Sabon Birni vigilante group’s leader, Musa Muhammad, and the state assemblyman, Aminu Almustapha Boza, who represents the Sabon Birni South Constituency, both confirmed that the victims were killed on the farm on Monday at around 5 o’clock.

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According to Boza, the terrorists have kidnapped a number of people.

Abdulwahab Goronyo, the chairman of the Goronyo Local Government Area, said that on Monday, two people were killed and 23 others were taken from the villages of Shinaka and Kagara. He said that these attacks happen often.

Similar to this, Kabiru Dauda, a state House of Assembly member for the Gada East Constituency, informed our reporter that on Monday, bandits kidnapped about 50 people in the area, including women and children.

“I am unable to provide you with an accurate count of those slain in the attacks,” the man stated, “but many of our people who were hurt are currently receiving care in various hospitals.”

Dauda was sad that nothing had been done to fix the problem, even though they had complained over and over about how unsafe they were.

Because we are familiar with the routes that these bandits take to carry out their attacks on our communities, we complained to the Commissioner for Security, the DSS, and the police, but all of our efforts, he claimed, were in vain.

However, he demanded that more security personnel be stationed there.