Suspected bandits Wednesday killed at least 12 people in an attack at a tea joint at Badarawa village in Shinkafi Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
Residents told Daily Trust that the armed men stormed the village around 8:30pm shooting indiscriminately at those in the area.
A resident, who simply identified himself as Ahmad, said he narrowly escaped death as no sooner did he leave the joint than the bandits arrived at the place.
“I went to the tea joint with my tumbler and I was served the tea and a loaf of bread. Initially, I decided to take the tea there, later, I changed my mind and went back home which is very close to the place.
“Just three minutes after I had left the place and entered my house, I heard something like a gunshot, I listened attentively and heard another gunshot for the second time, then I came to thes conclusion that we were under attack.
“My wife then advised me to lock the house. The sound of gunshots rented the air and there was pandemonium outside. People were running to different directions in order to escape,” he added.
He said after the attackers had fled, 12 bodies were found at the scene and its surroundings.
The spokesman of Operation Sharan Daji in the state, Major CK Abiade, who confirmed the incident.
He said the troops were on an assessment tour to the place.


https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/bandits-kill-12-at-zamfara-village.html

For those of you who think it's just the Biafrans that are suffering this mess, think again. How many lives have been lost just because security forces left their base to show force against IPOB?