One Vigilance Member Killed as Local Hunters Repel Attack byBandits in Niger . Gunmen kidnap 15 persons in Kwara By Laleye Dipo in Minna and Hammed Shittu in Ilorin A member of vigilance group was kil
A member of vigilance group was killed as local hunters repelled bandits’ attacks on Madanda Community in Pangu district of Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State on Monday.
It was gathered that unlike in the past the bandits stormed the community on foot but wielded dangerous weapons including AK47 rifles. Pangu, however, said the bandits were about 20 in number “ our people fought them to a standstill unfortunately we lost one of our men.” Sources closed to the community told journalists yesterday that, it was during the ordeal that the suspected kidnappers were said to have been successfully carried out their nefarious act and kidnapped about 15 people of the area.
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