By Ken Chiwendu
No fewer than 11 individuals were reportedly killed in a series of coordinated attacks by bandits targeting three communities in Sokoto State.
This was disclosed in a recent publication by renowned security analyst, Zagazola Makama.
,Makama wrote on his official 𝕏 account on Saturday, May 3, that the attacks took place on the evening of Thursday, May 2, around 7:30 p.m., focusing on villages within the Gwadabawa and Sabon Birni Local Government Areas.
According to him, the attackers,in significant numbers, initially invaded Satiru Village, resulting in the deaths of five residents.
They subsequently proceeded to Kunkurus Village, where one individual was killed, and then moved on to the Shadawa community in Sabon Birni Local Government Area, where they shot and killed an additional five people, culminating in a total of eleven casualties.
Makama said,in response to the attacks, troops from Operation FANSAN YANMA, in conjunction with personnel from the Nigeria Police Force, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), and Sokoto Community Guards, were deployed to the affected regions.
While explaining that the assailants had already escaped before security forces arrived, Makama indicated that the troops are currently pursuing the fleeing attackers in an intensified effort to capture those responsible for the fatalities.
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