Over 100 bandits were killed by the Nigerian army, police, and vigilantes in the Bangi district of Mariga Local Government Area in Niger state.
According to reports, the neutralized Bandits assaulted the Nasko neighborhood a few days ago, setting fire to a police station and killing three police officers and six vigilante members.
Emmanuel Umar, the Niger State Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs, and Internal Security, acknowledged the development in a statement. He said on Thursday, that over 100 bandits were neutralized while 50 motorcycles were recovered during an operation in Bangi, Mariga Local Government Area the state.
The commissioner said that the attackers had moved from Nasko, where they killed the Divisional Police Officer and other security operatives on Tuesday, March 15 to launch another attack on Bangi, Mariga Local Government, in the same axis.
Umar said security operatives intervened and repelled the attack after the bandits in their numbers, wanted to invade the local government headquarters around 6 pm on Wednesday, March 16.
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