Suspected armed bandits in their multiple number have invaded Mutunji village in Dansadau Emirate of Maru local government area of Zamfara State and abducted eleven persons.
Among those abducted according to a source include nine (9) male and two (2) females.
A source said, since after the last month attack on military formation at Mutunji, the bandits have been taking advantage of lack of presence of security operatives to be launching serial attacks on both people of Mutunji, and it’s neighboring communities.
“As a result of the exit of the security agencies along Mutunji area after the last month attack on military formation, people from Malele, Randa, Ruwan Tofa, Yan sawayo are all living in palpable fear due to the threat by the bandits”.
They usually came to abduct people, bugle shops and steal away public properties including food stuffs.
He informed newsmen that, the bandits have released one of the abductees and sent him with a message that they are coming back to invade the town on Tuesday.
Zamfara Police Spokes Person SP Shehu Muhammad responding to the development in Mutunji told BBC Hausa service that, Police operatives have been deployed to take surveillance of the area since the last incident which occurred.
On the fresh threat by the bandits as alleged by some members of the communities, Shehu said, the state police command has not received complaint from anybody in Mutunji area noting that, as soon as the CP received complaint of security threat from any part of the state he would act speedily.
