Kano’s Gwarzo Residents Burn Local Government Secretariat Over Bandit Attacks
Angry youths in Gwarzo LGA set fire to the local government secretariat after bandits killed two villagers and injured several others in Lakwaya community on May 15, 2026. Witnesses say attackers arrived on over 30 motorcycles and opened fire indiscriminately. Tension rose Sunday when protesters trekked nearly 20 kilometres from their villages to the secretariat. They vandalised property and torched the office of the Gwarzo chairman in a dramatic show of frustration over persistent insecurity. Residents are demanding urgent government intervention to secure their communities and prevent further bloodshed. No official comment has been released at the time of this report.
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