Several residents of Sokoto State were set ablaze on Wednesday as bandits invaded some communities in the Sabon Birni Local Government Area of the state.
FirstNews gathered that police officers in the communities went missing when the bandits targeted them. They (bandits), however, vent their anger on the residents and set many of them ablaze.
One of the residents who was set ablaze died on the spot while others were rushed to the hospital where they are currently receiving treatments.
A member of the state House of Representatives, Sa’idu Ibrahim, while confirming the incident, lamented that bandits are now targeting security men.
“They are now looking for where security operatives are stationed because their morale was boosted by their recent attack on a military formation at Dama where many soldiers, policemen and Civil Defence officers were killed.
“So they are now attacking places where they know the military, police or other paramilitary are camping.
“They shot two persons, including a woman and burnt three others who hid in a grain store; one of them died instantly while the other two are receiving treatment in the hospital.”