No fewer than twenty people were killed in an attack by bandits that occurred on Friday in the Wushishi local government area of Niger state.
It was reported that the bandits were said to have blocked the Tegina-Zungeru-Minna road, shooting sporadically, stopping vehicles and killing people, including women and children, for more than 6 hours on Friday afternoon. Several people, while trying to escape the onslaught of the bandits, ran into the deep water where they drowned in the process.
Several vehicles going towards that axis had to turn back, while those who were close left their vehicles and took to their heels in a bid to escape the bandits.
11 bodies of those who drowned were said to have been buried on Friday evening while several people are still missing.
According to a report by the Nation, the bandits abducted several people, the majority of them were girls, rustled several cows and snatched motorcycles.
