No fewer than 13 members of the vigilante corps have been killed while 30 others were abducted by bandits in Niger State.
The incident occurred at Kusherki village of Rafi local government area of the state in series of renewed attacks launched recently by bandits on farming communities in shiroro, Munya , Rafi and parts of Paikoro local government area.Sources hinted that the bandits in their large numbers on motorcycles stormed the area with dangerous weapons and shot randomly to scare the villagers before confronting members of the vigilante corps.
A vigilante member who survived the attack said they had engaged them in a fierce battle but were overpowered by superior fire from the bandits.
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