Legal Nigeria

Bandits kill one, abduct six in Sokoto village

uspected armed bandits on Tuesday stormed  Tursa village in Rabbah Local Government area of Sokoto State, where they killed one person and abducted six others.

The PUNCH reports that the spokesman for the Sokoto State Police Command, ASP Ahmed Rufai, confirmed the incident happened at midnight on Tuesday.

Rufai told The PUNCH, “The gunmen entered the village and set ablaze a room and burnt down the one person inside.

“They also burnt down two motorcycles in the process and kidnapped six persons while an undisclosed number of cows were also rustled in the process.”

He however, said state commissioner of police had ordered the manhunt of the suspected criminals.

credit: PM News