By Seyi Babalola
Three people were reportedly slain and over 120 others abducted when notorious bandits invaded the Goran Namaye hamlet in Zamfara State’s Maradun Local Government Area.
According to a local citizen named Abubakar Muhammad, the terrorists stormed the town at about 1:17 a.m. on Thursday, moving from house to house.
He went on to say that the majority of those kidnapped were women and men and that the terrorists killed three individuals during their operation.
“The whereabouts of many members of the community could not be traced, and it is very clear that we lost three of our men to the tragic operation,” he added.
Speaking further, Muhammad pointed out that the bandits came in large numbers, on motorcycles with sophisticated weapons, and surrounded the community as the people were running helter-skelter to save their lives.
“They took us unaware as the whole people were running helter-skelter without direction, and they started house-to-house operations and chased our people, mainly women, into the forest.”
As of the time of filing this report, the security agencies in the state have not made any official statement regarding the incident.
