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By Adam Muhammad, Gusau
No fewer than 135 civilians have been kidnapped by the group of terrorists bandits in Gora Namaye Town of Maradun local government council in Zamfara state.
Resident in the area identified as Salisu Lawali Gora told our correspondent via telephone interview.
According to him, the bandits besieged the town at around 1:00 am today and began house to house operations.
He further hinted that, those kidnapped were mainly women and some number of men during the incident.
Salisu Lawali Gora stressed that, the bandits killed three people during the invasion, six injured and made away with ten motorcycles belonging to people in the area.
“As I speak to you, many of our people were missing and we lost three of our men to this tragic incident”. He said.
He added that the bandits came in large number riding motorcycles with heavy weapons and surrounded the town.
“They came in a large number and surrounded the whole town while some began house to house operations and so far, a total of 135 persons were abducted mainly women into the bush.” He said.
Salisu Lawali Gora called on federal and Zamfara state governments to come to their rescue at the tragic moment.
I am calling on federal and Zamfara state governments to come to our aide by deploying security personnel to the area in order to trace the hideout of these terrorists to rescue our people as we don’t have any thing to pay for ransom.
“Majority of the kidnapped victims were struggling to survive and they don’t have money to pay for ransom, so we are appealing to Zamfara state and federal governments to come in for the release of our people quickly “. He added.
The spokesperson of Zamfara state police command Asp. Yazid Abubakar could not be reach by our Correspondent at the time of compiling this report.