62 victims escape after Air Force strikes bandit hideout Sixty-two people kidnapped by armed bandits in north-west Nigeria have escaped following an air strike on their captors’ camp, officials say. The raid by the Nigerian Air Force targeted the hideout of a notorious bandit leader, Muhammadu Fulani, in Jigawa Sawai, Danmusa local government area of Katsina state, close to the border with Zamfara State. According to the Katsina state commissioner for internal security, Dr Nasir Mu’azu, the strike, carried out on Saturday evening, forced the bandits to flee, creating an opportunity for...