Kebbi Abduction: Bandits Informed Residents Before Attack – Rep

• “…parents cannot feel free to send their wards to school for fear of being kidnapped.”

A lawmaker representing Shanga/ Yauri/ Ngaski federal constituency of Kebbi State, Tanko Sununu, has disclosed that before the latest attack in Yauri, Kebbi State, bandits have been attacking the community unabatedly.

According to the lawmaker, the bandits had informed the people they would be back to attack the community.

EKO HOT BLOG reported yesterday, how men suspected to be bandits stormed Yauri, abducting some students and teachers at the Federal Government School. A policeman was also killed during the attack.

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Sununu said, last week, over 300 bandits with AK 47, attacked the communities in Yauri and operated for eight hours uninterrupted.

“A week ago we had another calamity when bandits mentioned by eyewitnesses numbering about 250 to 300, each with AK-47 rifles and using very strong motorcycles, came into my constituency.

“They were able to have access after strong fight with some security guards, police that are guarding the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri and they made inroad into the school. They succeeded in kidnapping some teachers and an unaccounted number of students.

“Some of the students and security men are currently receiving care at the General Hospital Yauri, following gun injuries.”

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Sununu called on the federal government to help ensure security in the state, as he noted that rice farmers and others are unable to go to farm due to insecurity.

He added that “parents cannot feel free to send their wards to school for fear of being kidnapped.”