No fewer than eight people have been killed by gunmen suspected to be bandits across five local government areas in Kaduna state.
The gunmen were said to have attacked Kajuru, Chikun, Giwa, Kauru, and Igabi local government areas in the early hours of Sunday.
It was learnt that in Kajuru, gunmen invaded the Buda community and opened fire on the residents, killing three people, while many others sustained various degrees of injury while another middle-aged was hacked to death by unknown persons in the area.
Meanwhile, some unconfirmed number of people were said to have been abducted from their homes during the operations in various communities in the area.