'Run, they shoot you, stay, abduction; not even chicken left' — Zamfara woman recounts bandit terror

Fatima, a 55-year-old woman, recounted the bandit attacks in Zamfara State, where residents face a tragic choice between fleeing and being shot or staying and being abducted. She reported that her village was attacked at 2 a.m., with bandits dividing into three groups to surround the community. In June, about 70 people, including her husband and six of her seven siblings, were killed in Bia Buki village.