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The Digest:

Bandits have struck Yankamaye village in Kano State, killing an elderly woman and abducting several residents. According to Daily Trust, the attack, which occurred as villagers prepared to sleep, explores the frightening spread of violence into previously safer regions, raising urgent questions about protection for rural communities.

Key Points:
  • Gunmen killed an elderly woman and abducted three residents in Yankamaye village.
  • The attack occurred Saturday night in Tsanyawa Local Government Area, Kano State.
  • Bandits arrived on motorcycles before entering the farming community on foot.
  • Police have deployed operatives to track the attackers and rescue kidnapped victims.
  • Governor Abba Yusuf listed nine LGAs as currently affected by security threats.
  • The governor vowed to work with security agencies to block infiltration routes.
  • He endorsed Tinubu’s national emergency declaration on security as “timely and necessary.”
As violence seeps into new territories, the storm leaves behind not just casualties, but a shaken belief in the sanctity of home.

Sources: Daily Trust