Just In: 66 Killed In Bandit Massacre On 8 Villages In Kebbi

 

VAM news has learnt that not less than 66 people have been killed by bandits in Kebbi.

 

Police in Kebbi State said 66 people were killed by bandits in Danko-Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State.

 

The spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Nafiu Abubakar, said the massacre took place on Thursday in eight villages of the council.

 

According to him, though the police were still counting the number of the dead, but the state police command had already dispatched a detachment of the officers and men of the police force to the area.

He said, “The killing took place in Koro, kimpi, Gaya, Dimi, Zutu, Rafin Gora and Iguenge villages, all in Danko/Wasagu LGA of Kebbi State.”

 

Daily Trust gathered that majority of the people of the affected villages have escaped to the nearby town of Riba for safety.

 

In April, bandits killed nine policemen among whom was the Police DPO of Danko/Wasagu.

 

 

 

 

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