Nigeria: Bandits attack Niger community, kill Commander of local vigilante, 4 others
By Ahmad Hadizat Omayoza, Mamos Nigeria
Bandits attack Niger community, kill Commander of local vigilante, 4 others
Bandits had hit Pandogari Community in Rafi local Government Area of Niger State during which four individuals were killed.
Other than the homicide of the four, scores of the residents were said to have been kidnapped and there whereabout are at this point unclear.
The bandits were said to have raged the local area on Sunday and began shooting irregularly to unnerve the residents in the early evening.
Individuals from the neighborhood vigilante were said to have adapted to the situation by defying the criminal however were overwhelmed by the refined weapons being utilized by the criminals.
An eyewitness , Mallam Alfa Ibrahim let journalist know that the suspected criminals went after the local area through Hayan Makera, the thruway prompting Birnin Gwari neighborhood government area of Kaduna state.
As per him, the scoundrels, raged the local area on a few cruisers, each conveying a few people using risky weapons and shooting inconsistently high up.
As indicated by him, “the vigilantes stood up to the hooligans and because of the prevalent capability of the outlaws, they gunned down three of the vigilante individuals including their leader and furthermore shot one of the debilitated captured casualties who couldn’t move at their speed.
“We got data about the approaching assault early and the local area informed the tactical faculty positioned there yet before their reaction, the local area went under assault around 2 p.m. on the critical day which left the administrator of the vigilante and two of his friends and another resident dead.
The people group as per him has four entry courses and only one is monitored by a tactical separation.
“The fear based oppressors kept away from that course and came through one of the courses and were gone up against by the vigilantes, Mallam. Alfa yet his endeavors couldn’t yield positive outcomes,” Ibrahim described.
