Bandits have killed the village head of Gefe community, Emmanuel Idan, and two others in Kufana chiefdom, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
The bandits also abducted 14 locals and took them to an unknown destination.
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According to Silas Musa, a community leader, the bandits invaded Gefe village at midnight on Thursday and shot the village head and another local to death.
They also attacked Maro community in Kajuru local government, shooting a middle-aged man who later died while being taken to the hospital.
In a similar incident, a journalist’s wife and three children were abducted by bandits at Keke community of Millennium City in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
The incident occurred on Thursday night when thep bandits invaded the community and started going from house to house, taking people away.
The husband of the victims, Bashir Mohammed, said the family members were in Kaduna for a holiday and had just arrived on Thursday night before they were abducted a few hours later.
They were abducted from their relatives’ house at Millennium City alongside eight other members of the same family.