Bandits kill two policemen, abduct 40 in Zamfara

Bandits have killed two policemen and two other residents and abducted 40 people in an attack on Kasuwa-Daji town under the Kaura-Namoda Local Government Area in Zamfara State.

The bandits, according to residents, invaded the town in the early hours of Tuesday and started shooting sporadically to scare residents.

A resident, Abubakar Kaura, said the bandits entered the town with sophisticated weapons, including an anti-aircraft gun.

He said they attacked the home of the former State Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Hamisu Kasuwar-Daji and abducted one of his wives and grandchildren.

According to him, the house of the former NURTW chief is close to a police station in the town, the bandits attacked the station, disarmed the policemen on duty, and killed two.

Another resident said the bandits also killed two residents of the town during the attack.

He confirmed that about 40 persons were abducted during their house-to-house raid.

“Two residents were also killed, not only policemen. As of now, about 40 persons have been whisked away by the bandits,” he said.

While confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the Zamfara State Police Command, Yazid Abubakar did not indicate the number of persons abducted.

“Yes, there was an attack in Kasuwar-Daji early hours of today. We are yet to confirm the number of the residents abducted but the Commissioner of Police has deployed additional troops to restore normalcy in the town,” he said.