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The bandits invaded their communities, killed men and destroyed properties.
No fewer than 30 women have been reportedly kidnapped by bandidos in Zamfara following attacks on 15 villages within the neighbourhood of Gusau, the state capital.
In a report by BBC Hausa, some locals in Geba and Gidan Kaura villages, and others in communities within the Gusau Local Government Area, said the bandidos invaded their communities, killed men and destroyed properties.
A source said, "The bandidos kidnapped women and girls, took them away."
One of the locals told the media: "The bandidos kidnapped 10 women in Kura, at Bayauri they kidnapped 9. They also entered a village called Gana and kidnapped 7 before proceeding to Duma and kidnapped another 7. These happened before Sunday morning."
According to the report, many villages have been deserted, as the villagers have now embarked on an exodus to the state capital, Gusau.
The development follows an announcement that security agents arrested some bandidos that were earlier dislodged in their hideouts after they went to a medical facility for treatment.
For some years, Zamfara is among the states in the North battling with banditry, a phenomenon that has attained a disturbing dimension in the states of Sokoto, Katsina, Kaduna and their neighbours.
Last week, the bandidos burnt over 20 passengers in a motor vehicle in Sokoto, a development that caused a series of condemnation and elicited anger among some Nigerians, who were alleging that the government was allowing the bandidos to have a field day, unchallenged.
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