File Photo: Some bandits in action
Malik Yahya & Ololade Adeyanju/
Suspected bandits killed no fewer than 50 persons in a daytime attack on some villages in Magami area of Zamfara State, yesterday.
Gunmen also struck in Igbo-Ora, in Ibarapa Central Local Government Area of Oyo State, yesterday, abducting all the occupants of an 18-seater commuter bus.
A witness told BBC Hausa Service that the bandits operated for seven hours, from 7am – 1pm, unchallenged.
He said they reported the attack to security forces but no help came.
The witness said a military jet arrived at a point, but left without repelling the attackers.
The villagers believed they were targeted because they defied the bandits’ order not to resume farming.
BBC reports that 51 corpses of victims of the attack were buried this morning.
NewsmakersNG learnt that the abducted passengers in Oyo were coming from Abeokuta, when were attacked between Igbo-Ora and Eruwa.
The identity of the victims is not yet known.
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