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From Tunde Omolehin, Sokoto
Armed group suspected to be bandits have abducted no fewer than 27 persons during an attack at Gatawa village in Sabon Brinin Local Government Area of Sokoto State.
A member of the State House of Assembly, who represents Sabon Birni East Constituency, Sa’idu Ibrahim, confirmed the development to journalists in Sokoto. He said the bandits now target security formations in the area.
“They are now looking for where security operatives are stationed because their morale was boosted by their recent attack on a military formation at Dama, where many soldiers, policemen and Civil Defence officers were killed.
“So they are now attacking places where there are military, police or other paramilitary camps.
“They shot two persons, including a woman, and burnt three others who hid in a grain store; one of them died instantly, while the other two are receiving treatment in the hospital,” he said.
The lawmaker said they invaded Gatawa because of the presence of “Operation Puff Ader” camp in the area.
“As I am talking to you now, many policemen are still missing. We don’t know whether they were abducted or ran away,” he said.
Another source from the local government, who preferred to speak on the condition of anonymity, told journalists in Sokoto, yesterday, that many casualties were recorded during the latest attack. All efforts to get the reaction of the Nigerian Police, Sokoto State Command, was not successful as at the time of writing this report.
When contacted by Daily Sun, the Public Relations Officer of the command, ASP Sanusi Abubakar, said he was in a meeting and promised to get back.
