JUST IN: Bandits Strike In Sokoto, Burn Resident Alive

“So they are now attacking places where they know military, police or other paramilitary camped.”

 

EKOHOTBLOG reports that unknown gunmen suspected to be bandits have burnt a resident alive while many policemen have been unaccounted for following a fresh attack in Sokoto State.

 

It was gathered that the attack occurred in the Sabon Birni Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday

 

EKOHOTBLOG reports that this is coming two days after the bandits killed security operatives at a military formation in Sokoto State.

 

It was in Sabon Birnin that the assailants gunned down no fewer than 17 security personnel earlier in the week.

 

It was further learnt that 27 persons, including women and children, were abducted from Gatawa, a community in Sabo Birni.

 

However, a member representing Sabon Birni East constituency at the state House of Assembly, Sa’idu Ibrahim, who confirmed the latest attack, said the bandits were now targeting security formations in the area.

He said, “They are now looking for where security operatives are stationed because their morale was boosted by their recent attack on a military formation at Dama where many soldiers, policemen, and Civil Defence officers were killed.

 

“So they are now attacking places where they know military, police or other paramilitary camped.

“They shot two persons, including a woman, and burnt three others who hid in a grain store; one of them died instantly while the other two are receiving treatment in the hospital,” the lawmaker stated.

 

Ibrahim further disclosed that the bandits invaded Gatawa because of the presence of “Operation Puff Ader” camp in the area.

“As I am talking to you now, many policemen are still missing. We don’t know whether they were abducted or ran away,” the lawmaker added.

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