Again Many Villagers Abducted by Bandits in Niger Community
From Yakubu Mustapha Minna
Bandits have again attacked many communities leading to the abduction of unidentified numbers of people while several others were injured in Paikoro local government area of Niger state.
The incident occurred at about 2pm after Friday prayer and Saturday morning were unidentified gunmen suddenly attacked the villages of Essan, Koitapi, Wuda, Loitapi among other villages in the area.
Reports revealed that the bandits who operated for several hours without interference, carted away cattles, motor cycle, cash, destroyed houses in the affected communities rendering them homeless while others scattered inside the bush.
It was gathered that the armed men started shooting sporadically to scare the villagers any village they arrived, noting that the villagers were helpless due to non existing security agencies in the entire affected communities.
The Coordinator, Kaffin Koro Axis Concerned Youth, Maikarfi Sabastine has appealed to governor Abubakar Sani Bello and security agencies to urgently come to the aide of the affected communities in order to reduce the hardship currently being experienced
It could be recalled that the community aggrieved youths burnt down the only police station at Kaffin Koro when bandits attacked and killed a Reverend father sometimes ago, since then the criminals have been carrying out their neferous activities without intervention.
When contacted the Niger State Command, Police Public Relations Officer PPRO DSP Wasiu Abiodun assured to get the details and would get back which he couldn’t at the time of filing in the report.
