A woman identified simply as Hajara has narrated how bandits open fire on women who rebuff their sexual advances.
The woman who was displaced by recent attacks in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State recounted shocking ordeals of gang rape they suffer in the hands of the criminals.
Daily Trust reports than hundreds of women and children were displaced in the wake of attacks by armed men in several villages in the area.
Hajara stated that when the bandits were gang-raping the women, if any one of them put up a resistance, they would be shot dead immediately.
She further revealed that a woman who was taken from her matrimonial home was shot dead when she refused the advances of the men.
According to Hajara, “They are gang-raping us, and if any woman or lady dares to reject their sexual advances, she would be shot dead instantly. Several women were killed for not accepting their sexual demands.
“A woman was pulled out of her matrimonial home by armed criminals. They had wanted to rape her but when she refused to go with them, they began to drag her until when one of them shot her dead despite her husband’s plea.”
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