Bandits attack Sokoto community, k!ll nine and abduct others

Bandits have k!lled nine people and injured one person in Dan Tudu, a community in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State. 

 The heavily armed assailants attacked the community on Sunday night, December 1, 2024.  

The bandits also abducted several men and women and looted valuables worth an unquantifiable amount.

According to security analyst and counter insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, intelligence sources identified the perpetrators as members of the notorious gangs led by Saidu Zango, Bello Turji, and Jammo Baki, who are known to operate in the Gangara axis. 

Local sources reported that the bandits targeted homes, stealing livestock, money, and other belongings before retreating with their captives into the forest.