Gunmen attack Bafarawa's village, kill security guard, kidnap a boy

SOME suspected gunmen have attacked Bafarawa village, home of former governor of Sokoto State, Attaihiru Bafarawa.

The gunmen who specifically entered former governor’s house in the village killed his security guard, Abdullahi Jijji and kidnapped a identified as Abdulrasheed Sa’idu.

The attack took place on Friday evening.

A statement issued by Dr Suleiman Shuaib Shinkafi, acting Director General of Attahiru Bafarawa Foundation, explained that the gunmen arrived the village in a Commando style threatening to wipe out the whole villages of Bafarawa and Kamarawa from the earth.

The two villages are under Isa local government area of Sokoto State.

“This is first time such kind of attack is happening in Bafarawa town, but people of Kamarawa an adjacent neighbor village have been experiencing such kind of attacks, killing, kidnapping and burning of their properties,” Shinkafi said.

Last Thursday former Governor Bafarawa addressed journalists in Abuja over his commitment towards organizing security Summit along with other northern leaders under his Foundation, Attahiru Bafarawa Foundation to bring a lasting solutions to issue of insecurity in the region.