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Bandits Kill 18 Persons, Kidnap APC Chairman In Katsina State

No fewer than 18 individuals killed whereas the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Matazu Local Government Area of Katsina State, Yusha’u Dissi, kidnapped when armed bandits attacked some villages within the area.

Dissi was kidnapped alongside a lady whose identity yet to be recognized in Batsari Local Government Area.

The bandits additionally killed three individuals including a 12-year-old boy at Dan Alhaji, Kandawa and Tsugunni villages.

Residents of the area disclosed that the farmers were working on their farmland when the bandits attacked about 10am and killed them.

“They killed about 15 people working on their farms before rustling undisclosed number of cattle. They also stole food items,” a source informed.