Some suspected bandits have again attacked Nahuche
district in Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara
State in the wee hours of Friday.
According to an eyewitness, Malan Abubakar, among
those killed was a mobile police officer and a local
vigilante leader.
According to him, two women and two men were
abducted by the bandits during the operation.
Malan Abubakar told oniftv that the bandits firstinvaded a nearby village in Nahuche called Gidan Jan Bula
and used motorcycles to kill the vigilante leader of the
village after he fought them.
“They also whisked away my wife and moved her for
captivity,” he said.
He said that the bandits later attacked Nahuche police
station where they engaged mobile policemen in a gun
duel, during which an officer was killed.
Abubakar added that the bandits later moved to invade
the house of Alhaji Makwashe Nhuche, a businessman,
saying that the bandits abducted two other persons
including a woman.
According to him, the bandits stormed the area at about
3:00am on Friday and left after 4:00am.
When conacted for confirmation, the Zamfara State Police
Public Relations Officer, SP Shehu Muhammad, could not
be reached for comment as his phones were switched off.
Our correspondent reports that the command usually
snubs calls from newsmen to confirm bandits’ attacks.
