Suspected bandits have ambushed and killed three members of the Kaduna State Vigilance Service, including the deputy commander, in Zuntu town, Kubau Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria. According to a security source who spoke to LEADERSHIP by telephone, the attack occurred on Sunday night while the vigilance personnel were on patrol. The incident adds to ongoing concerns about banditry and insecurity affecting communities in Kaduna State and the wider northwest region.

According to PM News, gunmen described as bandits abducted the brother of a Kaduna lawmaker and killed three officers of the Kaduna State Vigilance Service, KADVS. The report said KADVS commander CP Ali Audu (rtd.) reacted by condoling with the victims’ families and describing the officers’ deaths as a painful loss to the service. Details of where the attack occurred were not included in the feed blurb.

Armed bandits carried out coordinated attacks in Giwa and Kubau areas of Kaduna State, northern Nigeria, killing five people, including three local vigilantes, and abducting 27 residents, according to Legit.ng. Among those kidnapped was the brother of a lawmaker. The attacks add to ongoing insecurity in the region, where bandit groups frequently target rural communities for ransom kidnappings.

Armed bandits attacked local communities in Kaduna, resulting in the deaths of at least nine farmers and the abduction of an unspecified number of individuals, according to Premium Times.

Bandits killed two people and abducted 26 others in attacks on the Tunburku, Tudun Amada and Kallon Kura communities in Kaduna State, Nigeria. According to Mr Yunusa Shehu, Public Relations Officer of KadVS, who disclosed the incidents in a statement issued on Tuesday, the attacks occurred across the affected communities in the local government area. No further details on rescue efforts or the condition of those abducted were provided.

Bandits attacked Dakwara village in Gwarzo Local Government Area of Kano State in the early hours of Tuesday, killing a vigilante and abducting a resident, according to Daily Trust. The village head, Usman Ibrahim, said the attackers stormed the community around 4:00 a.m., shooting sporadically and demanding motorcycles. He identified the slain vigilante as Abdulmuminu Bichila, who reportedly attempted to resist the assailants before being killed during the raid.