Gunmen strike in Kaduna, kill policemen, kidnap 2 brides, 15 others

Two policemen and an official of the National Union of Road Transport
Workers (NURTW) have been shot dead in Ciki Da Falo, a village in
Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna State.

Reports say 15 people, including two brides, were abducted during the
attack, which occurred on Thursday.

Austin Iwar, Kaduna State Police Commissioner, who confirmed the
incident to TheCable, said he was yet to get the details of the
attack.

Just last week, a village head and five others were killed after
suspected bandits attacked Sarari village near Kuriga town in Birnin
Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

The development prompted, Zubairu Gwari, emir of Birnin Gwari, to ask
his subjects to defend themselves against those invading their
communities.

"We can't be fools to wait for somebody that will not come. Nobody can
stop me from telling my people to protect themselves. And that is what
we are doing now because the policemen that are in Birnin Gwari cannot
protect.

"The soldiers that are being brought come and sometimes make matters
worse. I am also appealing to the president to come and see things for
himself, because we are also Nigerians," he had said.