In the early hours of Tuesday, suspected armed bandits carried out an attack on Tursa village in Rabbah Local Government area of Sokoto State. Tragically, the assailants killed a minimum of one person and abducted at least six individuals from the village.
Confirming this distressing event, the spokesperson for the Sokoto State Police Command, ASP Ahmed Rufai, disclosed to our correspondent in Sokoto on Tuesday morning that the incident occurred around midnight on Tuesday.
Rufais said, “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.”
While assuring that the state commissioner of police has ordered the manhunt of the suspected criminals, he further promised to give more updates on the incident later.
