At least five persons have been killed in separate attacks by gunmen in Zango-Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Affairs, Samuel Aruwan confirmed the incidents on Saturday.
A ten-year-old herder was among those killed in the attacks carried out around the Maduachi Forest while another resident was also killed in Kurmin-Masara along Bakin Kogi in Atyap chiefdom.
The assailants also attacked the Jankasa General Area Ground – the boundary between Zangon Kataf and Kaura Local Government – and shot one man dead on his farm.
Ungwan Rana in Zonzon District was also attacked with a resident dying from gunshot wounds just as one other person lost his life at Ungwan Gaiya Village.
The assailants were later repelled by a combined team of Operation Safe Haven and the Police Tactical Squad.
Kaduna, a state in Nigeria’s northwest region, has become a hotbed of kidnapping and banditry.
While the state government and security have constantly assured residents of tackling the security issues affecting the state, criminals appear emboldened in their attacks.
The mass abduction of school students is also rampant in the state. Last month, at least 100 students were kidnapped in a Baptist school.
