Suspected bandits in the early hours of Friday, attacked Nahuche district in Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
According to an eyewitness, Malan Abubakar, among those killed was a mobile policeman and a local vigilante leader, DAILY POST reports.
According to him, two women and two men were abducted by the bandits during the operation.
Abubakar said that the bandits first invaded a nearby village in Nahuche called Gidan Jan Bula and with motorcycles, killing the vigilante leader of the village who fought them.
“They also whisked away my wife and moved her for captivity,” he said.
He said that the bandits later attacked Nahuche police station where they engaged mobile policemen in a gun duel, during which an officer was killed.
Abubakar added that the bandits later moved to invade the house of Alhaji Makwashe Nhuche, a businessman, saying that the bandits abducted two other persons including a woman.
According to him, the bandits stormed the area at about 3:00am on Friday and left after 4:00am.
When contacted for confirmation, the Zamfara State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Shehu Muhammad, could not be reached for comment as his phones were switched off.
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