No fewer than 17 farmers have been killed and several others injured in an attack by suspected bandits on Goran Namaye village in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
An indigene of the community, Ibrahim Mohammed, told The PUNCH that the attack occurred on Friday while the farmers were working on their farmlands.
He said the armed men had earlier issued a warning to residents, threatening to attack anyone who went to the farm during the planting season.
According to him, despite the warning, some farmers proceeded to their farmlands where they were attacked.
“Suddenly, the bandits who were in large numbers invaded the farmlands and started to shoot at the farmers.
