Assailants armed with sticks burn 10 houses in Kano

Assailants reportedly armed with sticks and cutlasses have stormed Dan Jamfari Community, Barbaji village, in Rogo Local Government Area of Kano State and burnt ten houses.

According to the Executive Secretary, Kano State Emergency Management Agency, Dr Saleh Jili, on Friday the state government would leave no stone unturned to fish out the assailants and bring them to justice.

A resident, Malam Magaji Audu, said the assailants were armed with sticks and cutlasses.

“More than 200 of them invaded the village in the night and went from house to house claiming they were looking for their stolen motorcycle.

“The attackers tried to stab me in the presence of my family members, and I refused to produce my children whom they claimed to have stolen their motorcycle as demanded,’’ he said.

Audu explained that the assailants returned the day after and set his house and others on fire while his family members escaped.

“The hoodlums carted away food items, chickens, turkey, farming equipment and destroyed 10 houses within the village,’’ he said.

The district head of Rogo, Alhaji Muhammad Maharazu, confirmed the incident.