SEPTEMBER 20 , 2023 | EASTERN PILOT Report By: Ismail Adebayo | Birnin Kebbi Many people, mostly farmers, were reportedly killed and many ...
SEPTEMBER 20 , 2023 | EASTERN PILOT
Report By: Ismail Adebayo | Birnin Kebbi
Many people, mostly farmers, were reportedly killed and many others displaced during attacks by terrorists, locally dubbed as bandits, on seven villages at the border between Kebbi and Sokoto States.
The villages included Zawaini Zawaini, Jangargari and Jaja in Kebbi State as well as Karani and three others in Sokoto State. Many houses and shops were also said to be set ablaze during the attacks, DailyTrust reports. It was gathered that the incident forced many residents to flee and take refuge at Jarkuka village in the Arewa Local Government area of Kebbi State.
Governor Nasiru Idris was said to have directed that relief items be distributed to those displaced. A government official, who spoke to the newspaper, said the governor had sent a team led by the Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs and Empowerment, Muhammad Hamidu Jarkuka and the Commissioner for Information and Culture, Yakubu Ahmed, to deliver the items to the victims.
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