Just In: Gunmen have abducted about 21 people in Katsina

One person has been reported dead and 21 others mostly women and children abducted in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State.

An eyewitness told Channels Television that the armed bandits arrived in Batsari town at about 10:20 pm on Tuesday shooting sporadically and eventually abducted 21 persons.

The eyewitness said that the hoodlums after rustling dozens of cattle, properties, and mobile phones worth millions of naira also killed a refugee of Bakon Zabuwa village, identified as Alhaji Hassan.

The police authorities in Katsina State have not confirmed the incident as the time of filing thie report.

Recall that earlier on Tuesday, a Judge was kidnapped inside a Sharia Court, in Baure Zaka villages in Safana Local Government Area of the State.