A student of Government Science Secondary School, Birnin-Gwari in Kaduna State was shot by suspected bandits on his way to register for his JAMB/UTME in Kaduna State, while seven others were killed in separate attacks in the area.
A statement in Kaduna on Saturday by the Birnin Gwari Vanguard for Security and Good Governance and signed by its Chairman, Ibrahim Abubakar Nagwari also stated that three other people escaped with mild wounds while 57 people were equally abducted by the terrorists who rode into the area with about 50 motor cycles.
According to the statement: “The nightmare of armed banditry along Birnin-Gwari-Kaduna highway has further deteriorated in last twenty-four hours. Today, around 10:00am, a final year student of Science Secondary School Birnin-Gwari escaped with bullet wounds on his shoulder on his way to register for JAMB/UMTE in Kaduna.
“The dreadful armed bandits spray bullets on the vehicle conveying the student and others at Manini village after Kuriga along Birnin-Gwari Kaduna Highway. The student is awaiting surgery for the removal of the bullet on his shoulder at Jibrin Maigwari General Hospital in Birnin-Gwari.
“Similarly, armed bandits killed seven people at unguwar Bula, Unguwar Dafillo and Ijinga in Randagi district, Birnin-Gwari on Saturday. The bandits on motor cycles numbering fifty attacked the communities around 11 o’clock in the morning on Friday and lasted for four hours, preventing people to conduct Juma’at prayers.
“The bandits, apart from killing six people on the spot, another person died this morning at Jibrin Maigwari General Hospital, while 57 people abducted with many of them being women from the same community.
“While commending the local government authorities for taking care of the hospital bills of those injured in the attacks, we are calling on the government to as a matter of urgency set up a special centre for JAMB examinations in Birnin-Gwari.”