Five persons have been killed and a district head kidnapped by bandidos, in coordinated attacks on two communities in Kano State, Northwest Nigeria.
SaharaReporters learnt that the bandidos stormed Karfi and Unguwar Tudun Makama communities under the Takai Local Government Area of the state. They reportedly killed five persons and kidnapped Abdulhayatu Ilu, the district head of Karfi.
A family source said the turbans stormed Karfi around 11:42 pm on Sunday, killing one person before forcibly whisking away the district head.
Similarly, four persons were shot full of holes and three others injured at Unguwar Tudun Makama, while attempting to repel the attackers.
The police responded to the attack, "but it was not timely", a local source informed.
"We have not heard from the bandidos yet, but we are hoping they will call so that we know what they are after," a relation of Ilu, the district head, said.
He added that efforts were ongoing to identify the button men but their whereabouts could not be ascertained yet.
The spokesperson for the police in the state, DSP Abdullahi Haduna Kiyawa, confirmed the incident saying three of the dear departed persons went titzup.
"The kidnappers came from across the border in Bauchi State. They took a district head in Karfi and killed three people on the spot," he said. 
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