By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent
Fresh facts emerged that armed bandits had on Friday stormed a Juma’at mosque in Dutsin Gari village in Kanoma, Zamfara State, abducting the Imam and about 40 congregants.
The village, famous for sugarcane production, has been a target of the kidnappers.
Credible sources in the village told that the attackers, who came astride over 100 motorcycles, killed 5 worshipers and injured several others.
The Imam, simply identified as Mallam Yahaya, was then taken on a motorcycle into the bush alongside at least 40 other worshippers.
A source in the village, Sani Kanoma, said that the Imam and some other worshippers were later released on Saturday.
Mr Kanoma said the targets of the kidnappers are the rich sugarcane farmers, who pay millions of naira in ransom.
When contacted, the spokesman for Zamfara State Police Command, Mohammed Shehu, said he would give details of the incident on Sunday.
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