Bandits Burn Family To Death In Zamfara, Abduct 14 Others

Published: Sunday, November 8, 2026

Bandits have killed members of one family and abducted several others in Gidan Taba village, Dosara Birnin Kaya Ward, Maradun Local Government Area, Zamfara State, in an attack that happened on Saturday night, November 7, 2026, when the armed men stormed the village on motorcycles and shot indiscriminately as villagers fled for safety.

Donjoe Media gathered that the attackers targeted the family compound of Malam Muhammadu Sani, a member of the local vigilante group who police say was targeted because he had resisted bandit operations in the area, and that the family locked themselves inside a room to escape abduction before the bandits set fire to the room from outside after they refused to open the door.

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Confirming the incident, the Zamfara State Police spokesman, DSP Yazid Abubakar, told https://www.radionigeria.gov.ng/ that 11 members of the family died in the fire and 14 others were abducted, while tactical operatives working with sister security agencies and local vigilantes have intensified search and rescue efforts and are now on the trail of the assailants.

Other accounts put the death toll at 12. The Chairman of Maradun Local Government Area, Sanusi Ahmed Dosara, told https://www.afp.com/en that 12 people died from heat and suffocation, and that 7 other residents were abducted, including six women and a 10-year-old boy, as reported by https://gulfnews.com/world/africa/twelve-family-members-killed-in-bandit-attack-in-northern-nigeria-1.500112345.

Dosara said local vigilantes confronted the bandits in a gun duel and freed some of the abducted residents, but the exact number still in captivity has not been confirmed because tension remains high in the community, a situation also captured in the https://leadership.ng/bandits-burn-11-family-members-to-death-in-zamfara/ on the attack.

The victims were buried on Sunday morning in accordance with Islamic rites, with Dosara leading the funeral prayers in the village amid grief and tension, as residents condemned the killings and called on security agencies and the Zamfara State Government to intensify efforts to protect lives and property in the area.

For more background on the police confirmation, read the https://www.rifnote.com/2026/11/08/zamfara-bandits-burn-11-family-members-locked-in-one-room-to-death-abduct-14-others/.

By Jonadab Oluikpe

Published by Donjoe Media.