Nigeria don start manhunt afta bandits kidnap plenty pipo for northwest
Di police for one statement tok say joint team of police, military and oda security agencies don deploy and dem dey actively pursue di attackers.
Security forces dey pursue di gunmen, afta large group of bandits carry residents from villages for northwest Zamfara state, police talk, as dis one be one of di biggest attacks for di region recently.
Di gunmen storm Kurfa Danya and Kurfan Magaji villages for Bukkuyum area on Thursday, dem begin shoot vehicles and houses before dem sweep through di communities, one local official tok.
Umar Abubakar Faru, di local council chairman, tell Reuters say more dan 150 people, mostly women and pikin, dem carry go towards surrounding forest areas, wey make residents run comot, and villages almost empty.
Zamfara state police confirm di attack but talk say dem still dey verify di number of people wey dem kidnap.
Di police for one statement tok say joint team of police, military and oda security agencies don deploy and dem dey actively pursue di attackers.
Some residents wey escape go surrounding areas dem carry go hospital, police tok, adding say rescue operation still dey go.
Northwest Nigeria don suffer for years with bandit violence, including mass kidnapping for ransom and village attacks, with armed groups wey dey operate from big forest hideouts across di region.