SOME suspected bandits raided Tashar Na-Gulle village in Katsina State’s Batsari Local Government Area, kidnapping 29 people.
An eyewitness stated that the hoodlums, numbering over 60, armed with dangerous weapons including AK-47 rifles, raided the community at about 10:00 pm yesterday and chased locals.
He described how the hoodlums were dressed in army uniforms, so no one in the village could fear them.
“Upon their arrival in the village, the bandits opened fire twice and started chasing residents up to their houses. They were asking the residents to stop, stating that they were security personnel there to assist them,” he said.
The Katsina Police Command spokesman, Abubakar Sadiq, confirmed the incident today. He did, however, mention that normalcy had been restored in the impacted area.
According to him, efforts are on to rescue the kidnapped victims unharmed, with State Commissioner of Police Aliyu Musa deploying the command’s operational assets to assure the rescue mission’s success.
He also mentioned that Further development will be communicated in due course.
