Armed bandits, on Tuesday attacked a tomatoes company at Wara village under Ngaski local government area of Kebbi state.
The Informant247 Nigeria News learned that the bandits killed one person and abducted many women.
A source, Umar bachelor disclosed that the attack was repelled by the police because they have prior notice of the impending attack
He stated that the bandits may have targeted Chinese Nationals working at the company but they left the place before bandits arrived.
Bachelor said that the bandits later moved to Ngaski village where they killed a trader and looted his valuables and held hostage many women in the village.
While confirming the incident, the Kebbi state Police Public Relations Officer SP Nafiu Abubakar confirmed that four policemen were killed during a gun duel, adding that armed mobile police had successfully prevented the Chinese Nationals from being kidnapped.
Nafiu said that the state commissioner of police CP Musa Baba ordered the squadron leader of mobile police to the scene, stressing that normalcy had since returned to the troubled villages.