Bandits assaulted a weekly market at Yar Bulutu in the Sabon Birni local government area of Sokoto State on Monday, and in broad daylight, six people were killed.
The event, according to a source, took place at around 12:30 pm in the afternoon when the bandits assaulted the people who were busy buying and selling in the market and fired randomly in all directions.
At the State House of Assembly, Sa’idu Ibrahim, who represents Sabon Birni South, reported hearing from a source that the bandits, numbering around 90 (90), were responsible for the deadly attack. The source claimed the bandits arrived at the market on about 20 motorcycles, each carrying three people.
The source further explained, “First they went to where the mobile policemen who were guiding the market were stationed. They killed two of them and set one of their vehicles on fire.”
According to the source, the bandits later killed another policeman who ran into the bush, dragged his body from the bush and throw it into the burning vehicle, they reportedly also killed three other persons in the market and injured several others with different degrees of wounds.
Right now, he said that he is with a brother at Orthopaedic hospital in Wamakko, who was shot in the leg by the attackers and is receiving treatment.
He alleged that the attack was carried out by bandits who fled sustained military onslaught in Zamfara, Katsina and Kaduna states and are pouring their anger on the villagers.
