BAUCHI, Nigeria — Gunmen in Nigeria have killed dozens of individuals and kidnapped numerous kids in separate assaults in two northern states, police and residents stated on Sunday, the newest incidents in a area dogged by armed violence.
Armed gangs on motorbikes continuously benefit from thinly stretched safety forces within the area to kidnap villagers, motorists and college students for ransom.
Residents stated armed males had attacked Janbako and Sakkida villages in northwestern Zamfara state on Saturday, killing 24 individuals. The gunmen additionally kidnapped a number of kids who had been amassing firewood in a forest in neighbouring Gora village.
Hussaini Ahmadu and Abubakar Maradun, native residents in Janbako and Sakkida, advised Reuters by cellphone that the gangs had earlier within the week demanded villagers pay a charge to allow them to farm their fields, however villagers didn’t achieve this.
Zamfara police spokesman Yazid Abubakar confirmed the assaults however stated solely 13 individuals had been reported killed and 9 younger girls and boys kidnapped.
In north central Benue state, gunmen killed 25 individuals and set their homes on fireplace throughout an assault on Saturday on the Imande Mbakange neighborhood, two residents stated. The motive of the assault was not identified.
Police didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark. — Reuters
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