Early on Tuesday, armed bandits attacked Jan-Bako town in Zamfara State’s Maradun Local Government Area and abducted an undetermined number of persons.
Ahmad Janbako, a town resident, claimed the bandits struck the area late at night while people were already asleep.
He claimed that without firing a shot, the robbers discreetly entered the neighborhood, attacked, looted stores, and carted off food and other essentials.
He claimed that the bandits had abducted an indeterminate number of locals, mostly women and children.
“Last night, the community of Janbako town woke up in a terrible incident where armed bandits attacked the town from every corner and started looting the shops of traders and taking away food and other necessities,” Ahmad told newsmen.
He added: “Many people were forcefully taken. They are mostly women and children. We are yet to complete the assessment of the number of people abducted at this moment. We are still searching the bushes to know if we can find any of our people.”
Ahmad lamented that for a very long time, the community has not witnessed any attack from bandits operating around the local government area.
“This is the first time we are having security problems that the bandits succeeded in entering our town,” he said.
“That was why they entered silently because they are aware that if the residents know about their movements, they will not go just like that.
“We are praying to Almighty Allah to bring back our brothers and sisters who have been kidnapped.”
He added; “We don’t have any military outpost close to this place. Before they could arrive, it was around 4 am when the bandits had left.”