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Chief of Army Staff, Maj-Gen Ibrahim Attahiru By Sun May 16 2021 A month after a military base in Allawa and Bassa communities in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State was attacked by armed bandits, soldiers, yesterday, returned to their camps where five soldiers and a mobile policeman were killed. A military convoy comprising 10 Hilux Vans and about 100 motorcycles arrived Allawa and Bassa communities to a warm reception by a crowd of people who came out of their houses in excitement to...

Soldiers flee as gunmen overrun Niger military camp, cart away vehicle

The bandits stormed the community at about 4 am and divided hemselves into three groups. by SaharaReporters, New York Apr 22, 2021 No fewer than 60 bandits invaded the military camp in the early hours of Wednesday in the Zagzaga community in the Munya Local Government Area of Niger State. They engaged the soldiers in a gun battle, leading to heavy casualties on the side of the bandits. The latest attack on the military base in the state came barely three weeks after bandits attacked a Security...

Daily Trust reports that the communities are in Magami District of Gusau Local Government Area. These are: ‘Yar Doka, Kango, Ruwan Dawa, Madaba, Arzikin Da and Mairairai.  Residents said armed men first laid siege on ‘Yar Doka village on motorbikes and short any one at sight. The village is about 7 km west of Magami town. “The whereabouts of dozens of residents who escaped the siege is still unknown,” one of the traumatized residents, said. It was learnt that from ‘Yar Doka, the atta...

Daily Trust cannot independently verify this claim. The latest attack happened three weeks after bandits, in large numbers, attacked a Security Joint Task Force base in Allawa and Basa in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger, killing five soldiers and a Mobile Policeman. Although, no Soldier was killed in this latest attack, a soldier said to be the RSM of the camp, has been declared missing. Daily Trust learnt that the bandits, who stormed Zagzaga community at about 4:00am, shared themselves...

By Laleye Dipo A combined team of soldiers and local vigilante outfit yesterday repelled a bandits attack on Erena, a town in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. In the fierce battle, which an eyewitness said lasted for close to four hours, the bandits reportedly lost four of their men but no casualty was reported on the part of the soldiers and the local security men. However, a truck belonging to the soldiers was said to have been set on fire by the bandits as they fled the battle f...

Joint Security Task Force repels attack by bandits on Niger community Joint Security Task Force repels attack by bandits on Niger community Share The Joint Security Task Force deployed to keep watch in Erena town of Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State has successfully repelled armed bandits trying to attack the town. Nigerian Tribune gathered that the bandits had laid siege on the town at about 4:00 am on Tuesday in a coordinated attempt to unleash terror on the people. It was further...

By Laleye Dipo A combined team of soldiers and local security outfit on Tuesday repelled an attack by bandits on Erena town in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. In the fierce battle, which an eyewitness said lasted about four hours, the bandits reportedly lost four of their men but no casualty was reported on the part of the soldiers and the local security men. However, a truck belonging to the soldiers was said to have been set ablaze by the bandits as they fled the scene of the ba...