Police have yet to comment on reports that at least eight people have been shot dead by bandits who broke into their homes in north-western Nigerian.
Four other people were injured in the attacks, which a local government official says happened on Wednesday night in the Zangon Kataf area of Kaduna state.
It is the latest in a wave of violent incidents in Nigeria where armed gangs recently abducted at least 80 children in Zamfara state. The West African regional block condemned the abduction and called for the release of the children.In another development, a traditional ruler has been kidnapped in central Kogi state after the assailants killed a palace worker. It comes after bandits killed more than 70 people in two separate attacks in the central state of Benue last week.
A similar attack on a camp for internally displaced people last Friday left dozens of people killed and others injured.