Bandits have reportedly whisked away at least fifty people from Bagega, a community in Zamfara State.
The assailants attacked the village on Tuesday and kidnapped the District Head and other residents mostly women and children.
The latest event is one of many kidnapping and killing incidents in the state by bandit terrorists.
Residents of the mining village who confirmed the Tuesday incident to Reuters said that the gunmen stormed the village on motorcycles shooting indiscriminately and setting houses on fire.
The Village Head, Malam Abubakar Uba, who reportedly spoke to journalists about the attack, said the gunmen kidnapped the district head before proceeding to kidnap dozens of others in the village.
“They stormed the village on a dozen motorcycles and their first stop was the District’s Head residence. A few of them took him away with three members of his household before they entered the town and unleashed more harm”, Uba stated.
