LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – No fewer than six persons, including a pregnant woman, have reportedly been killed by bandits in communities of Rafi and Wushishi Local Government Areas of Niger State.
According to the reports, about 50 people were also also kidnapped between Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning.
Confirming the incident, the State Commissioner for Internal Security and Humanitarian Affairs, Emmanuel Umar, said the government was yet to ascertain the details of the attack.
The bandits were notorious around Anawanka, Sabon Gari and Kundu axis of the two local government areas.
Residents said before an intervention by both ground troops and air component of the Nigeria Air Force, whom they said engaged the bandits in a fierce gun duel for several hours on Wednesday morning, about six communities had been under bandits’ siege since Tuesday.