Bandits Return To Kagara, Shoot Four Dead

barely two weeks after bandits abducted over 300 school children from Government Science College in Kagara, Nigeri State, four persons have lost their lives to another bandit attack in the same area of the state.

Kagara is one of the emirates in Niger State, which has recorded multiple attacks in the high wave of insecurity in the country.

Sources from Kagara told Daily Trust that 11 victims, including seven women, were kidnapped in different villages, including Gidan Adamu, near Yakila, headquarters of Gunna district, an area where they struck first.

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The district head of Yakila, who was kidnapped many weeks ago, has remained in captivity until date.

The source said that the bandits attacked another village called Gidan Wamban Karaku and abducted seven women, two of whom are nursing mothers.

They also rustled a large number of cows and headed to Madaka district, where they kidnapped the Imam of Rubo village.

As at the time of this report, the deceased victims were being buried.

A security source told Daily Trust that in Karako village, many cows were also rustled.

In Ngwa Adamu, one person was killed while many were abducted.