Armed men suspected to be kidnappers have killed two farmers and abducted two others in Umaisha town in Toto local government area of Nasarawa state.
The two kidnapped victims were simply identified as, Khadijat and Abdulwahab.
A relative of one of the victims, who identified himself as Kabiru said the incident happened on Wednesday around 10:04 am in the area.
He said the gunmen in their large numbers attacked the victims at their farms.
He said the kidnappers opened fire, killing two farmers while abducting two others.
He said the kidnapped victims were whisked away alongside their motorcycle at gun point.
According to him, one of the farmers who managed to climb a tree later rushed back to report the incident.
“As God will have it, it was even one of the farmers who heard the gunshot who quietly climbed a tree to hide and later rushed back home to report the incident,” he said.
He said some members of the vigilante group immediately mobilized to the farm and conveyed the bodies of the farmers back home for burial.
The traditional ruler of Opanda – Umaisha, Alhaji Usman Abdullahi, confirmed the latest attack by gunmen via telephone interview with our reporter, saying the incessant attacks by armed bandits in his chiefdom is causing a serious nightmare to his people.
He said farmers are afraid to go to their farms over fears of being attack by armed bandits.
The spokesman of Nasarawa state police command, ASP Ramhan Nansel, did not pick calls or reply to text message sent to him as of the time of filling this report.
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