Some yet to be identified gunmen suspected to be bandits have reportedly attacked the village head of Ungwan Babangida, and 14 others in Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Thursday night.
The youth leader of Dokan Karji, Aminu Khalid, confirmed the incident to newsmen in a telephone interview adding that the attackers invaded Ungwan Babangida Village at midnight with sophisticated weapons shooting sporadically at vantage positions before abducting their victims away.
FUSION CHRONICLES NIGERIA NEWSPAPER gathered that the attack occurred barely 48 hours after bandits had kidnapped four farmers in Libere community on Wednesday in the same Local Government Area.
According to Khalid: “Amongst the victims kidnapped in Ungwan Babangida were three women, and nine men including the village head of the community, identified as Babangida Sojiji, adding that some of the victims were two labourers who came for farming activities from Jigawa State and Ikara Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
“Kauru communities need serious military actions against these bandits who have occupied many villages and many breadwinners were gruesomely killed.
“Federal Government and security operatives must intensify effort to cripple the activities of these criminals who have made life difficult for villagers.”
Khalid commended the commended local vigilante groups for their constant approach to the banditry activities, stating that they have foiled so many kidnapping attempts in some villages.
The kaduna Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Mansir Hassan, refused to comment on the incidents when contacted by newsmen as of the time this report was filed.
