Bandits in the early hours of today, Monday attacked the headquarters of Bungudu local government area of Zamfara State, killing one person and abducting seven others, including the son of an emir.
This is coming barely a week after the bandits launched an attack on the Bungudu Police Division and killed one Police officer.
A resident of Bungudu town, Ishaq Bungudu, said that the armed bandits stormed the town with deadly weapons, shooting sporadically and killing one person in the process.
According to him, seven other persons were abducted, including the son of the Emir of Bungudu, Abdulrahman Hassan, and a former State Programme Officer of International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Abubakar S/Fada Bungudu.
According to Leadership, Ishaq lamented the incessant attacks on the local government headquarters by the armed bandits, despite being the closest local government to the state capital Gusau.
He urged the State governor, Dauda Lawal, to, as a matter of urgency, address the challenge of insecurity plaguing the State.
