In Jalingo, Taraba State, gunmen have kidnapped a vigilante group leader, five girls, and three other people.
The incident happened on Saturday and Monday nights in different parts of the city.
It was discovered that a resident and a mobile police officer died at Lasandi, BabaYau, and Sabongari around midnight.
Similar to this, on Monday night at around 1.30 am at Saminaka Junction, gunmen kidnapped the vigilante leader, known as Bashir, along with five girls.
According to reports, the motorcycle-riding gunmen barged into the neighbourhood and opened fire before breaking into the home of the vigilante leader.
The area is located around Kwando forest in Ardo-Kola Local Government Area of the state where 20 persons were abducted and four others, including the chairman of the local government had been killed by gunmen in the last few months.
Residents interviewed said they now lived in fear because of high rate of attacks by gunmen.
One of them, Musa Garba, said, “I’m sleeping with one eye open because nobody knows which area or house the gunmen would attack next.”
The spokesperson of the state police command, Usman Abdullahi, could not be reached for comment on the attacks.
Also, bandits Monday night killed at least three persons at four villages in Funtua Local Government Area of Katsina State.
They invaded Yartafki village along the Funtua-Zaria Road around 11:00pm and abducted one Malam Bala Magaji, principal of Government Junior Secondary School Makera, Funtua.
One of his relatives said the bandits entered Unguwar Isiyaka village at about 11:15pm and started shooting sporadically, killing three young men.
“The attacks in the four villages took place almost simultaneously; they killed Samaila Badamasi 40, Malam Abdulkadir Adamu 35 and Naziru Tasi’u 25. They abducted eight people, including my elder brother and our Ward head Maiunguwa Kabiru,” he said.
In a related development, 36 residents of Keke B Community in Millennium City, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, were kidnapped Monday night.
An eyewitness said the bandits, who operated unchallenged, moved from house to house.
Muhammad Salihu, a resident, said: “Many of us were still outside when the bandits attacked because it was quite early, around 8.30pm. They came in a large number, shooting sporadically and brandishing weapons.
“The broke into people’s houses one after the other and kidnapped the occupants. One person, a motorcycle mechanic, was able to escape from the kidnappers, but they went away with 36 residents.”
There was no official comment from security authorities at the time of this report. Efforts made to reach Mohammed Jalige, police spokesman in Kaduna, did not yield result as his line was switched off.
A month ago, seven residents of the same community, including a man, his wife and their housemaids, were abducted.