Bandits attacked twelve villages and killed six persons, abducted five, while also displacing 3,000 others around Latin-Koro area of Paikoro local government area of Niger State.
It was gathered that over 20 others were injured in the attacks, which started Saturday night up till Sunday morning.
Some of the villagers who spoke after the attack said the bandits came to the area on motor-bikes and held everyone to hostage.
A resident, Musa Abubakar, said, “Twenty persons were injured and have been rushed to the hospital in Kafin-Koro. Not less than three thousand villagers have also been displaced”.
According to him, “The bandits were many; they were over 200 and they invaded the villages in motorcycles and carted away all the spare parts in the shop of a motorcycle spare parts dealer in Amale village”. Another villager, Stephen Moses, “Four persons were killed in Gwajau village; two others were murdered in Amale village; four persons have been kidnapped in Dakolo and one pastor in Nani villages”.
