Eleven persons were killed during an attack by bandits on Albasi village in Sabon Brinin in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Monday.
It was gathered that the bandits stormed the village in the afternoon and shot indiscriminately at the villagers as they escaped into the forest.
Earlier on Sunday, bandits had killed one person and abducted two others in another village, Maraban Kajuru.
The Kaduna State Government said on Monday that eight students of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, were among those kidnapped along Kaduna-Abuja Expressway on Sunday.
The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this in a statement.
“The Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Prof. Kabir Bala, has informed the government that eight students of the institution were among those kidnapped on Sunday on the Kaduna-Abuja road,” the commissioner said.
It was gathered that about 300 students from the Department of French Language were travelling to Lagos for a programme at the Nigerian French Language Village when the incident happened.
The kidnapped students were identified as Okafor Chris, Ayuba Lois, John Elizabeth, Musa Precious, Asoji Faith, Badmus Jemimah, Emmanuel Simon and Aliyu Adamu.
In the statement on Monday, Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, confirmed attacks on Igabi and Kajuru LGAs on Sunday and on Monday respectively.
The commissioner said, “Security agencies have notified the government that they are pursuing bandits in the area.
“On Monday armed bandits attacked Albasu village located south wards of Malum forest in Sabon Birni general area and subsequently killed some locals, while on Sunday night at Maraban Kajuru, bandits kidnapped two persons and killed one person.
“Governor Nasir El-Rufai has sent condolences to the families and prayed for the repose of their souls.
“Similarly, troops on patrol around Chikun and Kajuru LGAs boundaries found a corpse of a bandit who died of gun injury.
“An AK-47 rifle and other valuables were found beside the decayed corpse.”
He added that security agents were on the trail of the bandits.
