KADUNA — Bandits have reportedly killed five people and injured five others in an attack on Madamai community in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State Sunday.
Madamai community, a village in Kaura Local Government Area shares boundary with Jankasa in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said five people were killed, nine houses, three vehicles burnt, when the unidentified assailants attacked the village.
According to Aruwan’s statement, the deceased were Janet Yakubu, Gambk Yakubu, Jonathan Adamu, Mrs. Monday, and Humphrey Barnabas.
“The Acting Governor of Kaduna state Hajiya Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe appealed to residents to remain calm, and directed security agencies to conduct thorough investigations into the incident,” Aruwa said.
An eyewitness, who escaped with gunshots, Emmanuel Nache, said that the attackers arrived the community around 5:00 am and started shooting sporadically.
Nache added that the invaders destroyed houses and farmlands in the affected areas.
“As I went to the farm early morning, I started hearing gunshots and in the process of running for safety a bullet hit my right hand,” he said.
Another escapee, Linda Moses, 31, said she recognised the corpses of four of their community members when the gunmen attack the community.
Linda’s daughter, a 12-year-old primary 5 pupil, Joyce Moses, was also shot at her pubic area by the attackers. Five people that sustained different kinds of injuries from the attack were receiving treatment at Sir Kashim Ibrahim Yakowa Memorial Hospital, Kafanchan.
The victims are; Emmanuel Nache, 56; Ibrahim Ishaya, 27; Joyce Moses, 12; Linda Moses, 31; and Rejoice Monday, 4.
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