Bandits have attacked Rini town in the Bakura Local Government Area (LGA) of Zamfara State.
Eyewitnesses explained on Friday that the armed men stormed the town at about 2:30am and started shooting sporadically.
While residents were said to have refused to come out of their homes despite heavy gunshots renting the air, the bandits abducted many locals numbering over 60.
The police authorities in Zamfara State confirmed the incident, although they did not give the actual number of residents kidnapped by the bandits.
But the command’s spokesman, Mohammed Shehu, said the police had deployed several tactical operatives in the town with a view to rescuing the abducted persons.
