Bandits killed an anti-riot policeman and kidnapped 23 persons during an attack on Ungwan Sauri and Adnayita in Juji area, all in Chikun Local Government area of Kaduna State.
They also killed five members of vigilante in an ambush attack in Udawa along Kaduna-Birnin Gwari highway while a member of the group survived the attack with bullet wound.
The police spokesman could not however give details on how many residents of the community were taken away by the bandits.
But a source, a vigilante member told The Nation in confidence that no fewer than 23 members of the community were abducted by the hoodlums.
“The sporadic gunshots started by 12:50 in the early hours of Tuesday lasted till 200 am.
“Initially, we thought the sounds of the gunshots were coming from neighbouring Buwaya community but before we know, the bandits were on us.
He said the vigilance group was attacked along the Kaduna – Birnin Gwari highway while coming back from Kaduna.
According to him, one of the vigilante members was badly injured and currently receiving treatment in an undisclosed hospital.
The other two members, he added, also sustained injuries.
He gave the names of the five members killed by the bandits as Musa Sulaiman, Ibrahim Lawal, Bashar Ibrahim, Saidu Sarki and Abdulsalam Haruna while Idris Abdullahi sustained gunshot wounds.
The five vigilance group members have been buried in accordance with Islamic rites in Udawa.
