By Joseph Edegbo
Bandits reportedly invaded Sabon Gero a community in the millineum city, a suburb of the Kaduna State Capital, Northwest Nigeria, and killed a civilian Joint Task Force (JTF) Commander and a resident of the area on Tuesday night.
At least, sixteen residents including a medical doctor and family members were abducted.
AFRICA PRIME NEWS gathered that the bandits stormed the community at about 10pm on motorcycles and started shooting sporadically.
The JTF commander and other members immediately opened fire at the bandits during which he was shot at a close range.
‘The bandits opened fire at commander and hit him on the head scattering his skull, while, a resident was also hit and died on the way to the hospital .
According to source who pleaded for anonymity, two people lost their lives, sixteen were abducted, while, six were rescued during the attack.
The source said the bandits might have targeted the house of the medical doctor as they went straight to his residence and abducted him and six members of his family.
“They stormed other houses and abducted nine other people, he added.
‘We took the corpse of the commander to his wife and later buried him. We are just coming from the burial ground , he said.
Also narrating the ordeal, a resident Jacob Isa said the situation could have been worst if they had not quickly informed neighbouring communities who came out to chase the terrorists. That’s how we were able to rescue six abducted persons, he stressed”.
As at the time of filing the report, the police and the state government had not reacted to the development.
Meanwhile, some of the residents have begun relocating to a safer zone following the unabated attacks.