The Katsina State Police Command says bandits have killed 47 people in early morning attacks on communities in three local government areas of the state.
The command’s Spokesman, SP Gambo Isah, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday in Katsina.
Isah said the bandits carried out the attacks in Dutsinma, Danmusa and Safana local government areas at about 12:30am on April 18.
The command spokesman did not give further details, but said that its operatives and those of the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Air Force, Department of State Services and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps had been deployed to restore normalcy in the affected communities.
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