Bandits on Sunday night invaded Madabanciya village in Bungudu local government area of Zamfara State where they abducted newly wedded husband and wife.
An indigene of the area Ibrahim Sani said, the bandits arrived the village on foot around 11.45 pm on Sunday, living their motorcycles outside village.
Sani said, the bandits who were in large number were carrying sophisticated weapons and immediately they arrived the village, they began to shoot sporadically to scare the inhabitants.
He maitained that many people ran out of their houses to escape the wrath of the marouding bandits.
According to him, the bandits went from house to house in search of food items and other valuables.
“They have carted away with large number of animals, food items and other valuables,” he added.
He added that, “In the process of going round the village, they came across a newly married couple and took them to the forest.”
Sani said there was no any security agent attached to the village to protect the lives and property of the people despite the security challenges affecting the state.
He called on the authorities to deploy security personnel to the area, concluding that, ” If something is not done in time, we will be left with no option than to relocate to other places.”
The state police public relations officer, ASP Yazid Abubakar could not be reached for comment at the time of sending this report.
On its part, the state government has concluded arrangements to launch its Community Protection Guards next Wednesday.
They would be deployed to their respective localities to help the security personnel in the fight against banditry.
