BANDITS THREATEN TO KILL 4,000 PEOPLE, RAZE DOWN COMMUNITIES IN ZAMFARA
SaharaReporters contacted the phone number with which the bandits called to confirm the claim. A man, who spoke with Fulani accent, said they threatened to attack the three villages as reprisal. ndits who have been wreaking havoc in Zamfara State have threatened to burn down three more communities in Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara State, except the community disbands their vigilante groups. The bandits contacted a resident of Bakenawa community, whose identity is hidden for his safety, to deliver the threat on Monday. Bakenawa is a few kilometres away from Ruwan Bore, where the elder sister of Ade Marafa, the senator representing Zamfara Central, was killed on last week. According to the resident, when the bandits called him, he lied that he was not a resident of Bakenawa, but the bandits gave details of his family members to prove to him that they know him well. Explaining how the bandits could have got his number, he said they had raided the village a ...