Maganda village is also located in Birnin-Gwari where local media say at least 162 people have been either shot dead or stabbed to death in the past five months. PRNigeria newswire quoted top a member of Birnin-Gwari Vanguards for Security and Good Governance, as saying that the armed bandits arrived in the middle of the night on Saturday to attack the Maganda village. “Last night around 1.30 am, some armed bandits invaded Maganda community and started shooting sporadically. “Before the incident, they had sent a warning message to the people in the community that they would come soon. In fact, we have no single police post in the area.”Between January and May, many communities in Birnin Gwari local government of Kaduna State have come under attacks by armed bandits.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 20, 2018 12:56 UTC