No fewer than ten people lost their lives on Monday evening in two different incidents in Katsina State.

While six people were killed by suspected political thugs in Sabuwar council area, four others lost their lives along the Kankara-Dutsinma road in the state.

The first six victims were killed shortly after an election campaign rally held in Sabuwar by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

The second incident happened along the Kankara-Dutsinma road, near the new site of the Federal University (FUDMA), Dutsinma.

According to Daily Independent, four people were attacked by suspected bandits while travelling late evening from Katsina to an undisclosed destination.

The incidents occurred amid cases of security siege perpetuated by kidnappers, bandits, and rustlers in some areas of the state.

Governor Aminu Bello Masari had some days ago lamented that the state was under siege by kidnappers, bandits, and rustlers.

This had led to the constitution of a high-powered committee involving all stakeholders from affected councils and heads of security agencies in the state, to ensure lasting solutions to the menace.

The situation had also seen the Inspector General of Police, Idris Ibrahim, being ordered to deploy additional police units and Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) to the state.

Efforts to get the reaction of the state police command proved abortive as calls and text messages to its spokesman, SP Gambo Isah, went unanswered.

•Sourced from a Daily Independent report