GUNMEN ON RAMPAGE KILL OVER 60 PEOPLE IN FIVE DIFFERENT VILLAGES
Gunmen on motorcycles have killed more than 60 people in five different villages in Sokoto State.
The attacks occurred on Wednesday around 6pm.
Reports indicate that the attackers were in hundreds and they invaded five villages of Garki, Dan Aduwa, Kuzari, Katuma, and Masawa.
Security personnel had visited the community last Tuesday to address the security related crisis in the area with the traditional rulers and it was presumed to have ended fruitfully.
Medics at the nearby hospital said they initially received 60 corpses with gunshot wounds in the wake of the assaults.
Meanwhile, Lawal Kakale, a local traditional leader in Sabon Birni district, said the death toll had increased to 74 from an earlier figure of 60 as more bodies were recovered in the villages.
“We recovered 25 corpses in Garki, 13 in Dan Aduwa, 25 in Kuzari, seven in Katuma and four in Masawa,” he told journalists.
Sabon Birni district, Sokoto, has in recent times been repeatedly attacked by armed men.
On Monday, 18 people were killed when gunmen raided five other villages in Sabon Birni district, local officials said.
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