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Mass exodus as gunmen kill 25 in fresh Zamfara attack

Mass exodus as gunmen kill 25 in fresh Zamfara attack

The rate of violent attacks in Zamfara has escalated beyond comfort as gunmen who engage in cattle rustling and kidnapping went on a killing spree that left 25 people dead in a fresh attack at the villages of Gidan Halilu and Gidan Kaka in Birnin Magaji area of Zamfara state

Zamfara has been experiencing a rising case of insecurity which the police is finding difficult to curb.

The gunmen reportedly invaded the communities on motorcycles and started shooting at people in their farms at different locations.

Usman Wadatau, a community leader in Gidan Halilu revealed that the rustlers have been attacking their community for many years.

“We lost 25 people in the attacks, which were carried out by cattle thieves who have been terrorizing us for years,” he is quoted by AFP as saying.

The spokesperson of Zamfara state police, Mohammed Shehu confirmed the attacks and only gave the number of victims as five, which only accounts for those killed in one farm.

However, residents in the affected communities are beginning to seek refuge in IDP camps in Katsina state because of the frequency and brutality of these attacks.

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Latest figures by Katsina State Emergency Management Agency stated that 1,500 people from Zamfara are currently taking refuge at temporary IDP camps within the state.

These attacks have began to raise concerns as the security situation in Northwest region begins to deteriorate like the one of Northeast where Boko Haram has led a campaign of terror for many years.

All of this coupled with the herdsmen crisis in the North-Central has put the government and security agencies in a difficult position as they try to secure life and property across the regions.

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