No fewer than five people, including two pregnant women, have been abducted by bandits during their raid on Maiwa Village in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto state on Saturday, March 28.
According to residents of the community, the heavily armed bandits stormed the village on seven motorcycles.
“They came and met us sitting at the mosque, and before they shot in the air, I ran speedily towards the Police officers. They (Police officers) also fled and abandoned their place of work when they saw two of the bandits pursuing me on motorcycles. After I escaped, they returned and went into houses and abducted the victims”a resident told DailyTrust
The abducted victims were identified as Sadiya Umar, Firdausi Umar, Maryam Musa, Ubaida Musa and Harira Nura.
