Women in Zamfara State, especially those in Tsafe Local Government Area of the state, have alleged gang-rape against them by bandits, according to The Daily Trust newspaper.
The Daily Trust recalls that many women, including children, from the state, were displaced by suspected bandits following attacks on a few villages in the locality.
“They are gang raping us, and if any woman or lady dares to reject their sexual advances, she would be shot dead instantly. Several women were killed for not accepting their sexual demands,” a displaced woman, identified as Hajara, lamented.
“A woman was pulled out of her matrimonial home by the armed criminals. They had wanted to rape her but when she refused to go with them, they began to drag her until when one of them shot her dead despite her husband’s plea.”
One more resident identified as Mustapha likewise gave a harrowing story of how his granddaughter was shot dead for not submitting herself for a gang rape in a community called Bakin Manya.
“When they shot her dead, they lurked around the community and attacked those who went to the cemetery to bury her. The funeral rite wasn’t held there. Her remains were taken to Tsafe for burial,” Mustapha said.
One more lady identified as Amina let Daily Trust know that her sister-in-law was hit with a weapon but later she refused to be raped by the armed criminals who struck their communities.
“She was having her bath when one armed man forced his way into the room. He tried to rape her but she refused to allow him. A fight between her and the armed criminal ensued; he hit her with a gun and she had to crawl out of the room,”Amina narrated.
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“The way these criminals are humiliating people is highly traumatising and we have no option other than to abandon our communities for our own safety. We have lost a lot to armed banditry and kidnapping over the years,” she said.
The Daily Trust says the greater part of the attacks are being executed by one notorious cattle rustling kingpin called Adamu Aleiro.
According to the publication, he is making the existences of residents in Tsafe and Faskari local government areas of Zamfara and Katsina State unbearable.
In 2018, he terminated numerous communities in eastern Tsafe later security operatives had seized around 500 cows he was suspected to have stirred from Kaduna and Niger states.
He is additionally the arrow head of attack in communities in Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State.
He vowed to stop attacks and cattle rustling later officials engaged him in a peace bargain in 2019 but he has continued his heinous activities.
The Katsina State Police Command has put an abundance on him for masterminding attack and killing of many individuals in Kadisau, a community in Faskari.
