Four shot dead, 11 kidnapped as bandits return to Kagara

Four persons have been reported dead after bandits attacked Kagara in Niger State.

This happened barely two weeks after bandits abducted over 300 school children from Government Science College in Kagara.

Sources from Kagara told Daily Trust that 11 victims, including seven women, were kidnapped in different villages.

The armed bandits were said to have first struck at Gidan Adamu, near Yakila, headquarters of Gunna district.

The district head of Yakila, who was kidnapped many weeks ago, has remained in  captivity till date.

The source said that the bandits attacked another village called Gidan Wamban Karaku and abducted seven women, two of whom are nursing mothers.

They also rustled a large number of cows and headed to Madaka district, where they kidnapped the Imam of Rubo village. Punch