Suspected armed bandits have launched an attack on Garin Mai-dawa village under Dutse Local Government Area of Jigawa State, killing one Alhaji Mohammed Jinjiri, while nine people, including children, sustained gunshot wounds.
The attack was allegedly carried out at around 3:00a.m, on Thursday morning, when the attackers came in droves demanding for the house of a prominent business man in the community, Alhaji Abdulkadir.
The armed bandits demanded for money after they had gained entry into Abdulkadir’s residence where they tortured his wife, Raihana Muhammed, who later yielded to their pressure and gave them some unspecified amount of money.
“They were carrying guns and menacingly pointing at me demanding I should bring out the money my husband came home with and threatening to kill him if I refuse”, the wife told reporters.
She said her husband pleaded with her to go and get them the money he brought so that they could spare his life.
She continued, “The terrible ordeal did not end after I have brought them the money as they insisted on wanting more which I told them was all that is with me”, she said.
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It was at that point that one of the criminals pointed and fired at point blank at Alhaji Abdulkadir’s face were he instantly fell to the ground, while another person, who was a neighbour to the victim who ran to rescue him, was shot dead.
The wife said, “We initially all thought our husband was killed until some people that came after the robbers had left found out that he was still breathing.
“That was how he and the other victims that sustained gun injuries were rushed to the Rasheed Shekoni Teaching Hospital in Dutse”.
The state’s deputy governor, Barr. Ibrahim Hassan, confirmed the incidence on telephone, saying that “The criminals were armed robbers who had allegedly tracked down one Alhaji Abdulkadir from the market to his residence for money”.
The deputy governor said people should not panic as the police had been adequately briefed and would trace and arrest the culprits.
Commissioner for Police in the state, Mr. Bala Zama Senchi, also confirmed the attack by the robbers and declared that the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) had been mobilised to the area and assured that the criminals would be brought to book.
