One person has been killed while 26 others have been abducted by terrorists in Kurmin Sata and Udawa communities in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state, Northwest Nigeria.
A member of the vigilante in Kurmin Sata community who confirmed the incident on said the attacked took place around 12:30am on Saturday.
He said 20 people were initially abducted but four of them escaped and the bandits went with 16 people.
He said among those abducted were the village Head, some community leaders as well as women and children.
According to him the terrorists were shooting sporadically and a bullet hit one of the residents in his house and he died on the spot.
In Udawa community, the bandits were said to have abducted 10 farmers who were working on their farms.
A resident of the community who pleaded anonymity said the incident happened on Friday in the afternoon.
He said the community had been under constant attack by bandits, adding that “going to the farm or going to fetch firewood is very risky now. “
He said the bandits are camped at the border between Niger and Kaduna states.
He said since the incident, nobody had gone to the farm for fear of being killed or abducted.
He said residents of the community face imminent hunger if they can’t go to their farms.
Spokesman of the Kaduna state police command Mohammad Jalige did not respond to telephone calls when contacted.
John Shiklam in Kaduna
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