Gunmen suspected to be terrorists attacked Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State and abducted at least 25 people consisting mostly of women and children.
Several homes were ransacked by the hoodlums in the incident that occurred late Sunday night.
According to a resident of the community who asked not to be named, the gunmen stormed the community in their numbers, shooting sporadically to announce their presence.
He said the hoodlums did not kill anyone but abducted the said number of people and moved them into the forest.
He said the gunmen operated without restraints as security operatives did not come to the area till hours after the hoodlums had left the community.
He lamented that the cold weather caused by harmattan winds would adversely affect the victims in the forest as some of them were little children and babies.
The source, however, said that the gunmen were yet to contact the community on the abducted persons, as such was their mode of operation in past incidents.
He called on the government to boost security presence in the area, as communities within the axis had been victims of such attacks in recent times.
He cited the example of an attack some four days ago, on a village neighbouring Ajasa where an attack by gunmen left one person dead while another victim sustained injuries.
He lamented that the attack occurred in broad daylight when some farmers were reaping harvests from their farmland.
When contacted, a spokesperson for the police command in the state, ASP Abubakar Aliyu, said he would make inquiries on the matter and revert with details.
Aliyu has not provided additional details on the incident as of the time of this report.
