No fewer than 21 children, five women fleeing from bandits’ attack have died in a boat mishap in Birnin-Waje village of Bukkuyum local government area of Zamfara State.
A resident of the village, Musa Sani said the incident happened when the people of the village who were attacked by bandits on Wednesday night were trying to escape in a boat.
He said as they were in the river, the bandits arrived at the scene and opened fire, as a result of which the boat capsized, killing 26 people.
“The victims who were mostly women and children were in a boat trying to escape the bandits` attack but unfortunately the boat capsized, killing 21 children and five women.
“As I am talking to you now, we have recovered their dead bodies and we will soon bury them.”
Sani said the bandits kidnapped 27 people in the surrounding villages of Rugaje, Danzamau and Maikulki.
‘’They kidnapped 12 at Rugaje, nine in Danzamau and six in Maikulki,” Sani said.
He, therefore, called on the security agents to rescue the victims, adding that “there are no security agents in the whole area.”
The spokesman of the police command, Mohammed Shehu, said he was studying the report.
