Some suspected bandits raided Tashar Na-Gulle town in Katsina State’s Batsari Local Government Area, and 29 people were kidnapped, according to reports.
An eyewitness informed Channels Television on a phone that the hoodlums, numbering over 60, armed with hazardous weapons including AK-47 rifles, raided the community at about 10:00 pm on Sunday and chased locals.
He described how the hoodlums were dressed in army uniforms, so no one in the village could fear them.
“When the bandits arrived in the village, they opened fire twice and began chasing residents up to their houses.” “They were asking the residents to stop, claiming that there were security personnel present to assist them,” he explained.
The Katsina Police Command spokesman Abubakar Sadiq also confirmed the incident to Channels Television on Monday. He, however, noted that normalcy has already been restored in the affected area.
According to him, efforts are on top gear to rescue the kidnapped victims unhurt as the State Commissioner of Police Aliyu Musa has deployed the command’s operational assets to ensure the success of the rescue mission.
“Further development will be communicated in due course, please,” he said.