Bandits in Zamfara State have amputated the hands of a resident identified as Samaila Muhammad. The victim was attacked after an incursion into his residence in Walo community of Kaura Namoda local government area of the state.

The brother of the victim, Abdullahi Mohammed, who was also injured during the attack, narrated to Daily Trust how his brother’s both hands were cut off. “My brother, Samaila and I are currently on admission in the hospital because I got a fractured arm and leg too.”

Zamfara is one of the worst hit states in North-west Nigeria, in banditry incidents that have become rampant in the region.

Source: The Skuup