Bandits’ attacks on three Kaduna communities are feared to have left no fewer than 23 people killed and about 70 houses razed.
Consequently, the state Governor Nasir El-Rufai has imposed a 24-hour curfew on the affected communities.
The attacks, it was learnt, happened on the night of Sunday, March 20, 2022. The affected communities are Mararaban Agban, Agban, and Adan in the Kaura Local GGovernment Area of the state.
The terrorists, it was learnt, divided themselves into three groups to attack the three communities with machine guns.
They were said to have stormed the area around 7p.m., mounted their machine guns and started shooting at the villagers.
An eyewitness report said that as of Monday morning 23 corpses were recorded in the three communities including those who died in the hospital as a result of injuries they sustained from gunshots.
He added that no less than 70 houses were burnt down by the terrorists.
Following the incident, El-Rufai Monday morning announced that a 24-hour curfew had been imposed on Jema’a and Kaura Local Government Areas of the State.
A statement by the state Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said the measure was put in place to allow security agencies to save lives and property and restore law and order in the areas.
The state pleaded with residents of the areas to cooperate with security agencies to ensure a quick restoration of peace, law and order.