Armed bandits have ambushed Zurmi town, the headquarters of Zurmi Local Government Area in Zamfara State where they attacked the Emir’s palace in an attempt to kidnap the emir Alhaji Muhammed Bunu.
It was gathered the bandits went straight to the palace of the emir and started shooting sporadically, but, the emir was whisked away by security agents to Gusau.
It was gathered when the bandits could not succeed in abducting the emir, they destroyed one of the transformers and a telecoms mast network booster.
According to report, the bandits killed three people, who were kidnapped during the incident.
The bandits, who reportedly invaded the town at about 11:00pm on Wednesday, also attacked the house of a former Military Administrator of Nasarawa state Col Bala Mande (Rtd).
“In fact, we the residents of Zurmi town have witnessed a terrible situation from the bandits’ attacks. This is not the first time the bandits have entered Zurmi town, it is not the second time.
“Similarly, the bandits had again on Wednesday last night attacked Maru town the headquarters of Maru local government council where they killed one person and kidnapped three people in their invasion,” a resident of Maru town, who identified himself as Aminu Maru, told Vamguard.
According to him, the bandits spent more than two hours operating in the town.
“It took them bandits over two hours operating in the town and as I am speaking to you now, many residents mainly women and children have fled from the town for their safety,” he said.
Armed bandits have severally attacked Zurmi and Maru local government headquarters with several people killed and kidnapped.
The state police command is yet to officially react to the attacks as at the time of filing this report.
