Three bandits, two vigilantes killed in Sokoto community gun battle

A weapon duel has claimed the lives of 3 bandits and 2 vigilantes pursuing an onslaught connected Bargaja village, Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto State, successful the aboriginal hours of Sunday.

The bandits, according to a source, entered the colony astir 1:30 a.m., utilizing an outskirt route, with immoderate attackers hiding successful trees adjacent the colony cemetery, portion others sneaked into a location connected the outskirts, confronting vigilantes guarding the area.

The root explained that 1 vigilante was killed aboriginal successful the brushwood earlier the others returned fire, starring to the sidesplitting of 3 bandits.

He stated that “The attackers aboriginal pursued different vigilante hiding successful a location until they killed him. The 2 vigilantes that died were identified arsenic Umar Ibrahim and Abubakar Abdullahi.”

The bandits were said to person utilized a donkey to flight with those killed and abandoned their motorcycles immoderate region distant to debar detection.

The incidental caused panic successful the community, making immoderate residents to effort to fly but assemblage leaders, including the colony caput and information commandant intervened to calm the villagers.<...