Bandits Forced Me To Bury My Children – Zamfara Female Victim

A kidnap victim simply identified as Aisha has recounted the harrowing ordeal of being forced by bandits in Zamfara State to bury her children who died in captivity.
Zamfara, Katsina and Sokoto states remain among the major flashpoints of banditry in North-western Nigeria, where communities continue to suffer abductions, attacks, displacement and imposition of levies by bandits.
Speaking in an interview with DW Hausa, Aisha, whose swelling feet bear testimony to months of traumatic experience, said she and her three children were abducted while travelling in a vehicle in Zamfara State.
“They suddenly opened fire, forcing our vehicle to stop. My three children and I, along with other...