Bandits In Midnight Attack, Abduct Community Head, 14 Residents In Kaduna

The village head of Ungwan Babangida, along with 14 others, has reportedly been kidnapped by gunmen believed to be bandits in the Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

It was learnt that the incident happened on Thursday night.

The youth leader of Dokan Karji, Aminu Khalid, who confirmed the incident to newsmen on Friday, said the attackers invaded Ungwan Babangida village at midnight with sophisticated weapons shooting sporadically at vantage positions before whisking their victims away.

This incident came barely 48 hours after bandits had kidnapped four farmers in Libere community on Wednesday in the same Local Government Area.

“Amongst the victims kidnapped in Ungwan Babangida were three women, and nine men including the village head of the community, identified as Babangida Sojiji,” Khalid said to PUNCH.

Babangida asserted that some of the victims were two labourers who came for farming activities from Jigawa State and Ikara Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

“Kauru communities need serious military actions against these bandits who have occupied many villages and many breadwinners were gruesomely killed.

“Federal Government and security operatives must intensify effort to cripple the activities of these criminals who have made life difficult for villagers.”

Meanwhile, he commended the vigilante groups for their constant approach to the banditry activities, saying they foiled so many kidnapping attempts in some villages.