Barely 12 hours after the release of students and staff of Government Science College Kagara and their arrival in Minna earlier this morning, bandits have in a fresh attack on Kagara and some adjourning villages, stormed some villages, killing four people and kidnapping 25 others.
PREMIUM TIMES reports that a community leader in Kagara, Musa Kwabe, said eight persons were kidnapped in Kundu and 11 others in nearby Gunna district, adding that four other people were killed from Katako, a neighbouring village where seven persons are still missing.
He also told PREMIUM TIMES the bandits rustled many cows in the affected villages.
Muhammed Hussein, a chief in Kagara and a former local council chairman, said one of those kidnapped is Ibrahim Ruvo, who is a chief imam at Madaka village.
“One chief Imam, Ibrahim Ruvo, was kidnapped around Madaka axis. He is yet to be found.”
Mr Hussein appealed to the state government to deploy more security operatives to the affected communities to prevent further attacks.
Meanwhile, the spokesperson of the police in Niger, Abiodun Wasiu only promised to confirm the development to PREMIUM TIMES when he finds out.
