BREAKING: Sokoto On Fire As Terrorists Sack Community, Kill 120-year-old Woman, Others

No fewer than six community members including a 120-year-old woman have been reportedly killed by gunmen suspected to be terrorists who sacked Raka village in the Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto State.

It was learnt that the attackers burnt down many houses and made away with food items as well as an undisclosed number of domestic animals.

Confirming the attack, the district head of the area, Alhaji Sa’idu Wakili, said although no one was kidnapped, the bandits burnt down two-thirds of the houses and food items and also rustled cattle, Daily Post reports.

He urged the federal and state governments to intensify efforts toward solving the security challenges in the area.

He also called on wealthy individuals in the area to rise to the occasion and devise a formidable means of protecting the lives and properties of the people in the area.

The acting chairman of Tangaza Local Government Council, Alhaji Ibrahim Lawal Junju, accompanied by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Roads Maintenance, Engineer Mai Damma Tangaza visited the community and commiserated with the villagers and also promised to forward his findings to the government for necessary assistance to the victims.