Bandits Kill Two Children, Abduct Several in Coordinated Attacks Across Zamfara
Suspected bandits have killed two children and two other residents while abducting several people in a series of attacks across Zamfara State. The coordinated assaults occurred between Sunday night and Monday morning, February 24, 2025, in Gusau and Bukuyyum local government areas.
According to counter-insurgency expert and security analyst, Zagazola Makama, the armed assailants stormed Shemori Village in Mada District around 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, kidnapping six women.
In the early hours of Monday, another group of gunmen invaded Kairu Community in Zugu District, where they killed two residents and abducted an undisclosed number of people.
In Gusau LGA’s Mada Town, the attackers targeted Hayin Bajumi, setting ablaze the house of Aliyu Usman. The fire tragically claimed the lives of his two children: five-year-old Ishaq Aliyu and two-year-old Jafar Aliyu.
Additionally, the assailants abducted Usman’s neighbor’s wife, along with her one-year-old baby, before fleeing the scene.
These attacks are the latest in a series of escalating violence and insecurity plaguing Zamfara State, as bandits continue to terrorize local communities.
