Ten people were killed and several others were injured in a new attack by suspected bandits on Thursday in Kukar Babangida village, Jibia Local Government Area, Katsina State.
Among those killed were the Kukar Babangida Village Head, Zauren Katsina, along with his four biological children.
Residents told Channels Television on a telephone call that the bandits invaded the village in the early hours of Thursday at 1:30 am when most of the residents were deeply asleep.
This village is home to approximately 6,000 people, the most of whom are farmers and herders.
Since the emergence of banditry in the state, Kukar Babangida has remained one of the susceptible communities grappling with banditry’s operations.
“Even within the week, two bandits attacks were recorded in the Jibia Local Government Council. One of the attacks was launched along the Jibia-Batsari axis and the other attack was carried out in the heart of Jibia town itself and with each of these attacks, lives were lost,” a resident said.
The Katsina State Police Command was yet to react to the attack as several phone calls put through the Command’s Spokesman, ASP Abubakar Sadiq, were left unanswered as of the time of filing this report.