Terrorists attack Zamfara community, abduct district head, five others

<p>Some gunmen suspected to be the bandits causing havoc in parts of Zamfara State have attacked Ruwan Rana under the Bukkuyum Local Government Area of the state.</p>, <p>The head of the district, Magaji Makau and five others were reportedly kidnapped during the attack.</p>, <p>DAILY POST learned that the incident occurred on Saturday night when the armed men invaded the community, shooting sporadically before whisking the victims to an unknown destination.</p>, <p>According to an eyewitness, the terrorists also rustled an unspecified number of cattle belonging to residents of the community.</p>, <p>Efforts by DAILY POST to reach the state command were unsuccessful as the Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Yazid Abdullahi did not take his calls.</p>, <p>However, an eyewitness, a resident of Bukkuyum town, Ilyasu Abubakar confirmed the development to Channels Television.</p>, <p>“The bandits entered the town on Saturday night and started shooting sporadically; people went into hiding because of the fear of being kidnapped,” the resident said.</p>, <p>“They picked the district head and five other persons in the community; several livestock were also rustled”, he said.</p>