Bandits terrorising northern Nigeria, especially the North-West, have killed a teacher, a 70-year-old man and three other persons in three villages of Dogo Dawa, Layin Mahuta and Tabanni in the Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
In a statement on Saturday, Ibrahim Abubakar Nagwari, Chairman, Birnin-Gwari Vanguards for Security and Good Governance, revealed that the terrorists during the separate attacks, which happened between Monday 15 to Friday 18 March, 2022, also kidnapped 17 people.
He said that on March 14, the terrorists struck along the Dogo Dawa-Zaria road in the eastern part of Birnin-Gwari, where one Haruna Tanko Dogo Dawa was killed and eight other people were abducted.
According to him, between Wednesday and Thursday, one Alhaji Abdullahi Abubakar, a school teacher, was killed along Layin Lasa-Tabanni while a 70-year-old man was killed and “women abducted at Layin Mahuta Tabanni, two other people were abducted by the bandits at old Tabanni.”
He said, “In the last working days of the week, fatal security breaches were recorded mostly in the eastern part of Birnin Gwari by armed bandits, notably Dogo Dawa, layin Mahuta and Tabanni in which five people were killed, 17 others were abducted from Monday 15 to Friday 18 March, 2022.
“On Tuesday, March 14, 2022, Haruna Tanko Dogo Dawa and two others were cruelly murdered in the eastern part of Birnin Gwari by armed bandits along Dogo Dawa-Zaria, eight other people were abducted on the same route.
“At Layin Mahuta(Tabanni), one Alhaji Abdullahi Abubakar, a school teacher, was killed along Layin Lasa-Tabanni road on Wednesday, March 16, 2022. While on Thursday, March 17, 2022, a 70-year-old man was killed and seven women abducted at Layin Mahuta Tabanni, two other people were abducted by the bandits at old Tabanni.”
He, meanwhile, said out of 48 people earlier abducted by the bandits from Ungwan Bula and Ijinga three weeks ago, that 32 of them had been freed.
Nagwari said they were freed after the terrorists collected N16million ransom.
“In Randagi general area, bandits have released 32 people out of 46 abductees from attacks on Ungwan Bula and Ijinga three weeks ago, after paying N16m. Birnin Gwari-Kaduna road remained quiet during the period under review.
“We urge security personnel to always respond to distress calls around Dogo Dawa, Kuyello, Tabanni and Kutemeshi wards in Birnin Gwari,” he added.
The state government or the state Police Command are yet to confirm the report.