Suspected bandits on Wednesday, shot dead six persons, including a district head of Gada community in Maru local government area of Zamfara State, Alhaji Umaru Bawan Allah.
A resident of the area, Alhaji Shittu Otman, who lectures at Kaduna Polytechnic, told newsmen that the bandits numbering over 100, stormed the community around 1.00 pm on Wednesday and shot indiscriminately.
The source said the bandits went from house to house, checked, picked and identified targets and killed five of them.
They came this afternoon around 1.00 pm and began to check houses and shot whoever they saw.
Many residents ran into the bush, while several others sustained gunshot injuries, he said.
He added that they abducted several others including women. However, with the combined efforts of the local vigilantes and the security operatives some of the abducted residents were rescued”, he further said.
The spokesman of the State’s Police Command, SP Muhammad Shehu, was unable to respond to request by newsmen on the incident as of press time.
