Gunmen suspected of being bandits yesterday attacked the Alkaleri Local Government Area in Bauchi state, killing four persons. Three more people were left injured.
Senator Bala Mohammed, the governor of Bauchi State, is from Alkaleri LGA, Africa Today News in New York. can confirm.
An alarm was sounded when suspected bandits raided Tudun Wadan Jada, formerly known as Jimari Jauro-Bano, to abduct civilians, according to local sources including vigilantes.
The young people from the area and adjacent villages reportedly mobilised instantly and fought back, preventing them fromzooming off with the abducted people.
However, when the suspected bandits realized their mission had failed, they opened fire on the enormous number of teenagers who fought them, killing a considerable number of them.
A resident of the area who preferred anonymity, told journalists, ‘The attackers arrived in the community around 11:45pm on Friday.
‘They came on motorcycles and when people raised the alarm they started shooting sporadically and fled to the bush. Unfortunately, four people were killed in the process.’
He said those injured were rushed to an undisclosed hospital in Gombe state which borders Bauchi.
Another source said that men of the Nigeria Police Force and Nigerian Army have visited the communities attacked, where they calmed them down and assured them of the protection of their lives and properties.
Chairman of the LGA, Yusuf Garba, also confirmed the incident to journalists in Bauchi on Friday, saying that the bandits stormed New Tudun Wadan Jada, with the intention of abducting the hamlet head but when people raised alarm, they abandoned their mission and fled.
He said the gunmen attacked the area through the largest border forest with Taraba, Gombe and Plateau States, adding that security operatives are on their trail.
Garba said a security council meeting with the State security chiefs and the Secretary to the State Government has been held to discuss the matter while security operatives have been deployed to the area.