Residents of Banga Gidan Giji and Kogi villages in Kaura Namoda local government area of Zamfara state have shared their lamentation over unending brutality of armed bandits in their area.
Reports by BBC Hausa service on Monday indicated that, some residents from these communities have started fleeing their homes due to the deadly incident that took place at the early beginning of this week.
Those abducted according to the residents include women, children, and the bandits insisted that ransom has to be paid before the victims are released.
Two other people are said to have been killed during the attack on the communities.
Residents also reported that the bandits came on motorcycles and were carrying deadly weapons.
They have come to Banga town, met some children at the entrance of their houses and abducted about (50) of them and also killed (2) others” the source informed BBC Hausa service.
If not because of the intervention of the local vigilante the number they would have picked during that operation would have been higher than what they have abducted.
The bandits according to report by BBC Hausa service demanded for payment of N100M as ransom before they can release the victims.
Authorities in Zamfara are yet to respond to a reports circulating over the Kaura Namoda incident.
