Gunmen Kill 2, Kidnap 1 in Bauchi

Yet-to-be identified gunmen yesterday stormed Toro local government of Bauchi State with heavy sporadic shooting, killing two young men while one other was abducted.

A resident of the area said the gunmen stormed the area in the early hours of Friday at about 1.20am moving from one point to the other for almost two hours without a resistance.

He lamented that throughout the operation, no security operatives came to repel them while the vigilantes were left helpless as they could not face the fire-power of the assailants who were heavily armed.

He said at the end of the operation, young persons, Abba and Anas Wanzam who had come out to join the vigilantes to repel the gunmen were brutally killed.

LEADERSHIP Weekend gathered that the gunmen kidnapped one AdulRahman Abdulrahman Danmalam.

The reident called on the government to do something urgently to protect lives and property of residents of the area who were being terrorised by bandits and other criminal elements marauding in the forests surrounding the LGA.

State PPRO, SP Ahmed Muhammed Wakil could not be reached for comments as he did not respond to the text message sent to his phone.