Bandits attack one of the mosques in Tsafe town, the headquarters of Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara state and kidnapped numbers of worshippers.

A resident identify as Garba said the hooligans invaded the mosque at about 5.a.m on Thursday when they were about to start morning prayer.

Garba said, ”We were about to start the morning prayer today, Thursday when suddenly they (bandits) entered into the mosque and directed everybody to go out and follow them.

“Everybody scampered for safety but the bandits blocked everywhere and warned us that they would kill anybody who tried to run away.

“I was able to jump out of the window and ran quickly into one of the uncompleted buildings near the mosque where I hid myself.”

“They came on foot, leaving their motorcycles outside the town so that they would not attract the attention of the people of the area.

“They later marched the worshippers to their motorcycles and took them to the forest,” he added.

Garba stated that the number of kidnapped worshippers may be more than 30.

He stressed that “the mosque was full to capacity when the bandits attacked the place and very few of us were able to escape.”

A community leaders who spoke on condition of anonymity said members of the Community Protection Guards are on the trail of the bandits in order to rescue the kidnapped worshippers.

Tsafe Local Government is said to be one of the worst hit by banditry in local government areas of the state.

The Tsafe- Gusau Road has now become the most dangerous spot in where people are being abducted on daily basis, the narrow road which is 56km is not safe.

Alot of  bandits lost their lives some days ago within the bounds of the local government when two opponent groups fights.