Nigeria: at least nine dead in gunman attack in Zamfara State

Nine dead, and heaps of extra missing.

A deadly armed attack in Zamfara State in northwestern Nigeria on Friday has left at least nine other people dead.

Many extra, with local testimonies oscillating between 15 and “at least one hundred” other people were kidnapped by the gunmen.

Such attacks are a original occurence in the distance, with many targeting farmers, colleges and villages, increasing insecurity and making commute unsafe.

Gunmen continually storm villages and farms or attack colleges and colleges, abducting college students.

In 2021, over 300 ladies were kidnapped by assailants from a college in Zamfara state, earlier than later being launched for a ransom fee from authorities.

An analogous attacks also continually occur in central Nigeria.

Nigeria’s navy and security forces continually originate counter-attacks, but contain to this point struggled to contain the violence in the distance.