Nine residents including four local vigilante members at the Sabon Layi community, Birnin Gwari Local government area of Kaduna State were killed by terrorists who invaded Kaduna community on Wednesday.
Nigeriacrime.com learned that the Locals saw the terrorists patrolling the affected community on Tuesday, but there were no security operatives to chase them away.
Also, many locals were kidnapped in the area, while livestock belonging to the locals was rustled by the terrorists.
The Kaduna State Ministry of Internal Security said it was still compiling details of the incident, but military jets had since reached the community, to forestall further attacks
In a related development, gunmen have abducted a 30-year-old Fulani herdsman Muhammed in Osun community.
The gunmen, who were Fulani Bororo numbering about eight attacked the Ago Igbira settlement in Ila-Orangun around midnight on Wednesday.
The gunmen shot sporadically into the air to scare the settlers who were predominantly Fulani herdsmen.
The Serikin Fulani of the settlement, Muhammed Kajibo, disclosed that the sound of the gun alerted close-by settlement and quickly called security operatives.
According to him, the prompt arrival of Vigilante guard, local hunters and Oodua People’s Congress security squad unsettled the kidnappers and forcefully took away the victim.
Osun police command spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola while confirming the incident said a joint team of police and local security operatives combed the nearby bush and recovered three expended shells of AK 47 rifles and cartridges.
“During a shootout with police, one Hassan Jubril was injured and was taken to hospital for treatment. Presently, the combined team is on a search and rescue mission in the area and trying to arrest the perpetrators”, she said.