Palpable Fear In Sokoto As Bandits Attack Sokoto Villages, Kill 9

There was palpable fear in Sokoto as suspected bandits attack three villages within the Goronyo Local Government Area of the state.

According to a report. nine people were killed and six others were abducted by the gunmen.

Report from the area indicated that among those killed by the bandits across three villages are eight men and one woman.

The villages attacked by the suspected bandits in Sokoto are Bejingo, Dantudu, and Tulutu, all in Birjin ward.

The bandits also carted away herds of cattle belonging to the villagers during the attack on Saturday.

Corpses of the deceased had been buried according to Islamic rites.

Meanwhile, Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State has given an insight into how cattle rustling snowballed into the current spate of kidnapping and banditry in the North West Zone of the country.

The governor attributed part of the security challenges the region is facing to lack of education as well as influx of criminals from some North African countries.

Masari, who said there were ongoing efforts to tackle insecurity in the state, lamented that the current situation had prevented farmers from accessing their farmlands.

”Unfortunately, what we met as cattle rustling has turned into banditry and insurgency which are depriving people, especially those living in the border area of the forests which are very fertile, from access to their farms, drastically affecting their source of livelihood.

“They have lost their ploughing cattle which they used to plough the land.

”This has caused another challenge to our “Restoration Agenda” in Katsina but we thank God that we can continue,” he said.

Masari revealed that the seven governors from the North West Zone have been meeting to work out modalities on how to end banditry and insurgency, part of which is the ongoing training of about 500 vigilance members to be followed by another 3,000 soon.

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