Overview
- Armed gunmen struck Kasuwar Daji in Zamfara and Lajinge in Sokoto, overrunning a local military outpost and killing both soldiers and multiple civilians according to local reports.
- Sources said roughly 75 residents were taken from the Zamfara community and transported into the bush during the raid.
- In Lajinge attackers reportedly poured petrol into a locked room, set it on fire and shot people as they tried to flee, leaving several victims burned alive and others shot.
- Residents and vigilante members said the assaults lasted for hours with no timely reinforcements from nearby security posts, forcing communities to flee and leaving property and livestock stolen.
- Police spokespeople had not issued detailed confirmations at publication and local leaders are urgently demanding state and federal deployment to halt repeated raids and rising displacement.