Communities in Gurmana, Manta and Bassa/Kukoki wards of Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, were today Friday Night hit by tragedies as bandits invades the communities in the middle of the night when people are asleep killed and abduct number of persons to be accounted for.
An eyewitness who speak on the incident, said that the bandits invades the communities and started shooting sporadically.
He gave the names of the affected villages as Rumache Madalla, Palalli, Maganda, Sarkin Zama, Kokki, Shekadna, Karibo, Magami, Gungu and other villages within the area.
He said, “They shot guns sporadically into the air, thereby mercilessly and senselessly killing law-abiding citizens.
“For now, there is no certainty as regards the casualty figure but certainly losses were recorded in both human and material resources while many abductions were made.
“As the oppressions lasted, despite the excruciating weather condition due to heavy downpour, unarmed locals including children and the aged still had to run on their heels and escaped into the nearby bushes to take refuge there.
“Sacking villages at will by criminals, who have become our regular visitors, have been a recurring decimal and unfortunately these repeated attacks have been happening without the slightest resistance, confrontation and even counterattack from the authorities concerned.”
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