According to a witness, this occurred some days after they raided Sabuwar Tunga, a neighboring village in Maru LGA and killed 40 persons, and abducted many others. He also added that valuables, including foodstuffs and animals, were carted away when the assailants gathered the riding motorcycles and attacked shooting sporadically.
Malam Aminu Musa a source explained that Ten people have been killed by gunmen when the people of the village tried all they could to defend themselves but were overpowered by the bandits.
They also succeeded in burning and destroying Houses and vehicles belonging to villagers rendering a great number of the villagers homeless, as well as exposing them to abject poverty.“The attack lasted for several hours, the gunmen took at least 70 persons into the forest,” the source bewailed.
Before this time, Farming and herding communities in the state have long been terrorized by gangs who raid villages, stealing cattle, and kidnap residents for ransom.
