Bandits kidnap nearly 150 people, including newborns, in Zamfara.

 

Over the weekend, bandits kidnapped over 150 people, including newly born babies, in the Dan Isa town of Zamfara State's Kauran Namoda LGA. Over 30 people were abducted by hoodlums in the state's Maradun Local Government Area. According to the BBC Hausa. According to our journalist in Kaduna, the Dan Isa village, which had a population of around 500 people, was now deserted. In an interview, a survivor claimed that the hoodlums raided the neighbourhood, killed three people, and rustled all of the cows and other animals. When contacted, Mr Yazid Abubakar, spokesperson for the Zamfara Police Command, stated that they had yet to receive word of the kidnapping.