Bandits in the early hours of Friday, stormed Zangon Shanu village, near the main campus of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, Kaduna State and kidnapped six people.

Zangon Shanu is a settlement mostly occupied by ABU lecturers, staff of Nigerian College of Aviation Technology and Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospitsl, Zaria.

A resident of the area told our Correspondent that, “the Bandits stormed the area between 1 and 1.30am, on Friday, and kidnapped six people, including three men and three women.

The resident said that the bandits shot sporadically into the air while they made away with their victims.

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Spokesperson of the Kaduna State Police Command, ASP Muhammed Jalige, could  not be reached for comment on the incident and the identities of the victims could not be ascertained at the time of filing this report.

The attack on the village comes barely one month after bandits attacked the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Training Centre and the Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria, and abducted scores of people.

It was also observed that security measures have been beefed up by the authorities of the Nigeria College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology (NITT) and Ahmadu Bello University all in Zaria, the state capital.