Bandits were said to have allegedly killed 16 persons in Kanoma District of Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara on Sallah day.
Confirming the attack in a press statement in Gusau on Wednesday, the Director-General on Media to the state governor, Yusuf Idris, said “the governor visited the community and sympathised with them”.
During the visit, the governor also directed security agencies to immediately swing into action and bring the perpetrators to book.
He directed that the 14 persons who sustained gun shot wounds should be moved from Kanoma General Hospital, to the Federal Medical Centre, Gusau, for better medical care while the state government bears the medical bills.
(NAN)