Armed bandits numbering about two hundred have infested Kokoki village in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, sacking the people from their homes, the Niger State Emergency Management Agency disclosed.
The Director General of the Agency, Mr Ahmed Inga in a telephone conversation with Channels Television disclosed that he received a report from the area that the gunmen invaded the community in broad daylight on Monday, shooting sporadically into the air.
He added that they also subjected the people to torturing, beating some of them to the point that they became unconscious.
Inga informed that the bandits are ransacking each house in the village, dispossessing the people of their belongings including food, clothing materials, cellphones, while also rustling their cattle.
The NSEMA boss, who says no casualty has been reported yet, also disclosed that the villagers numbering over three hundred have fled their homes through the forest and crossing rivers.
Most of the victims are said to be women and children, explaining that some of them are currently taking shelter in a School at Kagara in Rafi local government area of the state.
The bandits are still in the village, ransacking houses for food stuff and other valuables as at press time
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