Suspected bandits on Sunday night overran a village in the Shanono Local Government Area of Kano State, Tsamiya, abducting 11 persons, including a nursing mother.

The Chairman of the Faruruwa community and environs security committee in Shanono LGA, Yahaya Bagobiri, who confirmed the development to journalists on Monday, said the bandits in their numbers stormed the village on Sunday evening and whisked away the victims.

Bagobiri complained bitterly about the failure of the security personnel to foil the bandits’ attack despite the fact that villagers got wind of the movement of the bandits into the area and notified the personnel.

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According to him, “Since about 7pm on Sunday evening, we got wind about the movement of the bandits into the community. We got information that they were spotted in Kogari, that they were moving closer, and we notified the security agencies, but they didn’t act because they were not given any order.

“The bandits abducted 11 persons, including a nursing mother. The 10 others abducted included three married men, while the seven others were youths,” Bagobiri said.

Recall that the attack is coming barely hours after bandits invaded Yankamaye village in the Tsanyanwa Local Government Area of Kano State, where they killed a woman and abducted three other women.

The police authorities are yet to comment on the development.