Bandits kill four farmers, abduct 12 in Sokoto attack
Add us on Google Suspected bandits have killed four farmers and abducted at least 12 others during an attack on farmlands in Ghandi District of Rabah Local Government Area of Sokoto State, according to residents and local security sources. The attack reportedly occurred on Tuesday while the victims were working on farms on the outskirts of the community. A resident, Ibrahim Umar Ghandi, told journalists that the attack took place near a farmland he had stopped cultivating because of recurring insecurity in the area.
- ▪Add us on Google Suspected bandits have killed four farmers and abducted at least 12 others during an attack on farmlands in Ghandi District of Rabah Local Government Area of Sokoto State, according to residents and local security sources.
- ▪The attack reportedly occurred on Tuesday while the victims were working on farms on the outskirts of the community.
- ▪A resident, Ibrahim Umar Ghandi, told journalists that the attack took place near a farmland he had stopped cultivating because of recurring insecurity in the area.
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Add us on Google Suspected bandits have killed four farmers and abducted at least 12 others during an attack on farmlands in Ghandi District of Rabah Local Government Area of Sokoto State, according to residents and local security sources. The attack reportedly occurred on Tuesday while the victims were working on farms on the outskirts of the community. A resident, Ibrahim Umar Ghandi, told journalists that the attack took place near a farmland he had stopped cultivating because of recurring insecurity in the area. “It was close to my farmland where the attack occurred. Because the land is located on the outskirts of Ghandi, I stopped cultivating it. However, some of my relatives sought my permission to use the land, which I granted,” Mr Ghandi was quoted as saying.
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