No fewer than 36 women were among 50 persons who were abducted by heavily armed terrorists during an attack on Magizawa village of Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
Politics Nigeria learnt that the bandits also killed three persons including a member of a vigilante group and injured five others.
A resident of the village who spoke under the condition of anonymity said the bandits arrived at the village at night shortly before bedtime.
He explained that upon arrival, they began to shoot sporadically into the air thereby scaring the residents before they conducted house-to-house search looking for their victims.
“Although, we have a vigilante group that is patrolling the village at night, the bandits outnumbered members of the vigilante group. The bandits came in a large number and were armed with guns. Members of the local vigilante have done their best, but in the end the bandits killed their member and two others during the attack,” he said.
Another resident, who also does not want his name in print, said “We are suspecting that the attack was a handiwork of some informants among the residents. Members of our vigilante group are brave and are always on the alert, but this time around they were taken unaware by the bandits.
“We suspect that informants gave the bandits useful information about the activities of the vigilante on the day they invaded the village and that was why they succeeded,” the source told DailyTrust.
Asked whether the bandits have reached out to some of the affected families, the resident confirmed that none of the families had been contacted.
