SIX people have been reportedly killed while 40 others were abducted by bandits in Kaduna State.
This incident happened in the Birnin Gwari Local Government Area – LGA, of the state.
The Chairman of Birnin-Gwari Emirate Progressives Union – BEPU, Ishaq Usman Kasai, said on Saturday, that the attack occurred between Wednesday and Thursday last week.
Kasai explained that all six victims were farmers, including the Vice Chairman of the Jama’atul Izalatul Bid’ah Wa Iqamatus-Sunnah, Mallam Yakubu Muhammad Bugai.
He also said that about 40 other farmers were also abducted by the bandits in separate attacks.
According to the statement, the Islamic cleric was shot in his abdomen on his farmland located around the Rema area and was later evacuated and taken to Jibril Mai-Gwari General Hospital.
