For the five communities of Gudan-Baushi, Gidan-Adamu,Gudan-Maidawa, Tsauni, and Wari in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Thursday 8, July 2021, would forever be remembered as the day death in all its fury visited.
For the residents, the day started like any other before it. The people had dreams and plans for the day. But all those were rubbished when bandits, numbering 100 invaded the communities on motor bikes, their guns blazing. By the time the smoke from the guns settled, 35 villagers were dead.
Zamfara Police Command’s spokesman, Mohammed Shehu said the police were unable to access the communities to confront the bandits because of poor road network.
Reports said the bandits on arriving the communities opened fire on villagers and set their houses ablaze.
Shehu told Channels TV that the police personnel tried their best to reach the affected communities on receiving the information that the bandits were there but “unfortunately they could not reach the places because of the bad roads.”
According to him, the police were currently working tirelessly to bring the bandits to justice.
Hundreds of people have so far been killed in Zamfara as bandits stepped up attack on hapless villages without access roads.
They often sneaked into the forest before the police or the military would arrive.
