One killed, three abducted as bandits raid communities in Niger state

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One killed, three abducted as bandits raid communities in Niger state

Bandits raided Egwa, Chiro and other communities, a few miles away from Gwada in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State.

The bandits who launched the attack on Sunday, January 22, 2023, carted away over 600 cattle from a Fulani Settlement in Egwa Village near Gwada town.

The Shiroro LGA chairman, Akilu Kuta, and the state assistant youth leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Suleiman Galkogo, narrowly escaped the bandits' attack.

The chairman was said to be returning to Minna from Kuta when he rammed into the bandits who stormed the road from Chiri to Egwa along Gwada road and started shooting sporadically.

Spokesperson of the Coalition of Shiroro Associations (COSA) Salis M Sabo Esq, who confirmed the incident in a Facebook post, said women, children and other vulnerable people have deserted the communities for fear that bandits might return at night.

The lawyer also confirmed that Comrade Umar Saidu Galkogo, (the APC youth leader's brother) was shot dead, another person injured while three others including a mother and her daughter-in-law were abducted by the bandits.