Bandits have ransacked Maidabino town in the Danmusa local government area of Katsina State.
They killed about nine people and abducted 50 others, mostly women and children, during the attack.
According to an eyewitness account, the bandits operated for several hours unchallenged due to their large numbers.
One of the eyewitnesses, who preferred anonymity, told newsmen that over 10 houses, 15 shops, and nine vehicles were burned down by the attack from 10 p.m. on Saturday until about 2.30 a.m. on Sunday.
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“What happened was that some traders who were returning from Yantumaki market on Friday, about 30 vehicles who were going in a convoy with a military escort, had to return and pass the night in Danmusa because they could not proceed to Maidabino as they encountered bandits along the way.
“In the encounter, some bandits were killed by the military escort. Unfortunately, the bandits mobilized a large number from Zamfara and other places, to the extent that the soldiers that are in Maidabino could not avert the attack,” another source, while confirming the attack, said.
In recent days and weeks, Katsina has witnessed a resurgence of deadly bandits’ attacks, especially in the frontline local government areas of Kankara, Danmusa, and others.
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A police spokesman in Katsina, ASP Abubakar Sadiq Aliyu, who confirmed the incident to members of the press, said an investigation was ongoing into the matter as further developments would be communicated in due course.
Aliyu, however, said seven people were killed during the attack.