Bandits on Friday invaded Rini, Bakura Local Government Area (LGA) of Zamfara State, Northwest Nigeria, abducting over 70 persons.
Sources said that the bandits arrived in Rini town at about 2.30am, shooting indiscriminately. But the residents refused to come out of their homes despite the heavy gunshots. Yet the bandits succeeded in abducting over 70 persons in the town.
According to the source, “when they came, they carried out the attacks in three strategic locations. First, at Sabon Gari, then they moved to Makarantar Boko and later the central part of Rini town.“
The source maintained that the security agents did not respond to the desperate calls by the members of the community to intervene during the bandits’ raid though two Hilux vehicles, conveying soldiers later came to the town and left after spending some hours.
The Spokesperson for the Zamfara Police Command, SP Shehu Muhammad, confirmed the incident but gave the number of those abducted as 60.
Muhammad said the Police Command had deployed adequate tactical personnel to rescue the kidnapped victims.