Dr. Shamsudeen Yahaya, Executive Secretary, Katsina State Primary Health Care Development Agency, disclosed this.
Browsing: Batsari Local Government Area
It was learnt that the bandits numbering over 30 from their hideouts in the dreaded Barnin Gwari forest in Kaduna State stormed the community and other neighbouring ones on motorcycles.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Gambo Isah, revealed this in a statement on Friday.
Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State has sympathised with the people of Batsari Local Government Area, where 18 farmers were killed by bandits on Tuesday morning.