By
Managing Editor.
Suspected bandits in their large number had launched deadly attacks on the people of Raka and Filin Gawa community of Tangaza local government area of Sokoto State.
The attack which resulted in the killing of over thirty persons left scores of others with critical injuries.
Apart from the number of those killed, four houses and some vehicles were also set ablaze by the bandits.
A source said, the bandits had been putting pressure on the locals to pay money in terms of fine before they were allowed to go to their farms.
“People of Tangaza and neighboring villages had been paying money to these bandits and to an extent that some communities such as Azam had to fled their homes because they had no money to pay to these bandits, and they had been putting pressure on them through constant threat of attacks and invasions.
Three months back they had invaded a village under Gwadabawa and rustled over (1,000) assorted livestock.
The source added that many communities had been under the rule of the armed bandits for sometimes now because the government could not do anything to save the people in the hand of these bandits.
The Sokoto State police Spokesperson ASP Ahmad Rufai has confirmed the incident via an interview with the BBC Hausa service on Monday morning.
