Three people have died and one abducted following terrorists invasion of Magama village in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State.
Metronetworknews gathered that the attack occurred in the early hours of Wednesday.
According to the acting village head of the community, the well armed hoodlums whose exact number could not be ascertained but were in large numbers started arriving the village in batches around 2:00 am Wednesday morning and cordoned all the area, laying ambush in case of a reprisal from security agents.
Said he; “The incident happened right at my doorstep. My neighbour notified me of the development about 2:10 am early hours of Wednesday. After a while, I could also hear gunshots. Then a little later, we kept hearing sounds of cars and motorcycles roaming the streets. We realized that they were using the vehicles to plant their men all over the area in case of a reprisal from security agents manning the area.
“The terrorrists knocked at my door few times and left, did same at my next door neighbour but God saved us as they left without forcing themselves into our residents. However, they broke into Alhaji Haliru’s home, (aka ‘mai baki mai’) and went away with his wife, Asiya and N2 million when they could not find him.
“I notified the police and they arrived immediately at the scene of the distress call but unfortunately, on citing DPO Abdulkadiri Rano, the hoodlums opened fire on him while trying to alight from his vehicle and killed him in the process. They also killed one soldier and injured Lt. Masoyi, who is currently receiving treatment at the Katsina Federal Medical Centre. One visiting Almajiri who just arrived the village recently was also killed in the attack.”
However, the village head said the community is calm now as the situation has been brought under control by the security agents.All attempts to speak with the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Gambo Isah, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state proved abortive.
