Barely 12 hours after the Emir of Birnin Gwari, Mallam Zubairu Jibril on a courtesy call to the Governor of Kaduna State, Mukhtar Ramallan Yero, lamented how armed bandits had taken over his emirate, about 100 heavily armed bandits invaded the area last night, lowing up a police station, 2 commercial banks and killing three policemen and one other person.
While narrating the ordeal to Governor Yero who visited the embattled village to assess the impact of the attack, the Emir said the bandits came in three vehicles and several motorcycles at about 11pm on Wednesday and launched attack one hour later.
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