Tragedy hits Sokoto as bandits kills 19 vigilantes. Information has it that bandits have killed 19 vigilantes in Yartsakuwa village of Rab...
Tragedy hits Sokoto as bandits kills 19 vigilantes.
Information has it that bandits have killed 19 vigilantes in Yartsakuwa village
of Rabah Local Government Area of Sokoto State.
A resident of the area, who spoke to Daily Trust on phone,
said the vigilantes were killed while trying to repel an attack on the
community.
The resident, who sought for anonymity, said the bandits
attacked the village around 1 pm on Sunday.
“They came with a mission which was to kill one of the
leaders of the vigilantes in the area,” he said.
The leader (name withheld) was said to have butchered by the
assailants at his farmland.
Corroborating this, the counselor representing Ghandi A,
Aminu Mu’azu Ghandi, said 14 of the vigilantes were from Ghandi while the
remaining five were from other communities under Ghandi district.
He said another five persons who were seriously injured were
currently receiving treatment in the hospital.
He added that the bandits rustled yet to be ascertained
number of cattle in the area.
The Police Public Relations Officer in Sokoto State, ASP Sanusi
Abubakar, while confirming the attack, said only 10
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were killed.
According to him, the bandits wanted to invade Yartsakuwa
village but were repelled by the police.
He said that apart from the vigilantes, no single resident
of the community was killed.
He advised vigilantes to always wait for the police before
responding to any attack.
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