BY SALIU SALIU
SECURITY agencies have informed the Kaduna State Government that armed bandits attacked Wawan Rafi II village, in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of the state, on Monday morning, killing four persons.
Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State, Samuel Aruwan, identified those killed in the attack as Joshua Dauda and his seven-year-old son, Philip Dauda; Francis Ayuba and Florence Dennis.
The bandits were also said to have burnt seven houses, one car and one motorcycle during the attack.
According to Aruwan, security patrols mobilised to the area repelled the assailants, who retreated into the forests adjoining the location.
The troops, he disclosed, also recovered eight empty cases of 7.62mm ammunition at the scene of the attack.
Governor Nasir El-Rufai noted the reports with sadness, and prayed for the repose of the souls of those killed in the attack, while offering heartfelt condolences to their families, the Commissioner added.
Security agencies also reported that a gang of armed bandits was repelled at Rugan Bello, a settlement located along the Kajuru-Buda road in Kajuru Local Government Area.
The bandits, the report said, invaded the village in the early hours of Monday in an attempt to kidnap locals, adding that they were intercepted and resisted by community vigilante members.
As the bandits retreated shooting sporadically, one of their members was hit by a shot and died instantly, the report said.
