ARMED BANDITS KILL 18 IN ZAMFARA STATE

Armed bandits killed at least 18 people and burned down cars and shops in Zamfara State, where the government imposed a telecoms blackout as part of a security operation against groups of kidnappers.

Intelligence gathered that the attack on Kuryan Madaro village in Zamfara happened around 9 p.m. on Tuesday when dozens of bandits rode into the village on motor-bikes.

Abubakar Yakubu a resident of Kuryan Madaro who had travelled to neighboring Kebbi state said that the men had shot sporadically, forcing villagers to flee.

Abubakar Abdullahi Alhassan, a lecturer at Kebbi State Polytechnic who has relatives in Zamfara, confirmed the attack.

“Many other people obtained various degrees of injuries as the result of this attack,” said Alhassan said.

Credit: Eons Intelligence