By Ismail Adebayo
Four persons including a village head have been killed by bandits who invaded Tunga Rafin, a community in Augie Local Government Area of Kebbi State.
According to an account, the bandits numbering over 70 invaded the remote village Wednesday night, killing the village head identified as Abubakar Magaji (Sabo Rafi) and one other person.
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The source said the bandits also killed two other persons they encountered on the way as they fled the community.
A member of the community, who also spoke to our correspondent on condition of anonymity, said the bandits also abducted the wife and child of the village head after slaughtering him.
“They fled the community when they realised our men were gathering to counter their attack,” he said.
He said it was the first time bandits attacked the village even though other neighbouring communities had suffered attacks many times in recent past.
“We didn’t know they will be attacking our community soon. Though they had attacked some communities in this area many times.
“Our men came out in large number to repel the attack on the community but they killed our village head and three others and ran away,” the source said.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Nafiu Abubakar, said he had not being briefed about the incident. He promised to get back to our correspondent, but had yet to do so as of the time of filing this report.
