Nigeria: Bandits invade village market in Sokoto, killed 62 people

Nigeria: Bandits invade village market in Sokoto, killed 62 people

Bandits suspected to be led by the dreaded Bandits’ leader, Turji, have invaded the Goronyo central market in Sokoto State northwest Nigeria killing over 63 people.

The terrorists numbering about a hundred invaded the market on Sunday evening at about 4:50 pm when unsuspecting villagers were buying and selling in the market and opened fire on them.

The bandits reportedly operated for close to two hours without any resistance from security forces, who could not be informed of the attack as a result of the shutdown of telecoms in the area.

Local sources who spoke to newsmen on the incident on Monday said they could not communicate earlier due to network shutdown by the government.

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According to them, about forty bodies were counted as of Sunday night.

Similarly, some of the residents of Goronyo confirmed that 62 bodies were already deposited at Goronyo General Hospital as of Monday morning.

This is in addition to some of the bodies that were taken away by their relatives for funerals.

The locals informed that many others are still missing as they were trying to escape by running into the bandits in bushes during the shootings.

“Some of our people who were shot are receiving treatment at the hospital, many of whom are in serious physical and emotional conditions. We have reported the incident to the local authorities and the police.” they said.

Nigeria: Bandits invade village market in Sokoto, killed 62 people