Police kill 7 bandits, repelled attack in Niger

The police had combatant confrontation with bandits in Kumbashi, Mariga Local Government Area, Niger State, killing of the bandit, and repelled their attack in the community.

The Police Public Relations Officer of the Niger State Command, Wasiu Abiodun, had disclosed that the police, in a joint force with local vigilantes, engaged the bandits in gun battle, leading to the death of 7 terrorists.

Abiodun had narrated residents of the community alerted security personnel in the area when they sighted the bandits making incursions into their land, and there was prompt response.

The PPRO disclosed that two vigilantes sustained bullet wounds and “had been taken to Kontagora General Hospital for treatment.”

According to the PPRO: “Based on credible intelligence received that armed bandits who terrorize farmers within Kumbashi were sighted marauding at Kumbashi town, the security personnel engaged them in a fight and conquered them.

“Consequently, in continuation of the clearance operations in Niger State towards fighting banditry and other criminality, police tactical teams and local vigilantes/hunters stationed at Kumbashi town engaged the bandits in a shootout, and seven of the hoodlums were neutralised, while others escaped into the forest with gunshot injuries.”