Bandits Sack Niger Community
By Laleye Dipo Just three days after men of the Joint Security Taskforce left their camps at Allawa and Bassa villages in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, gunmen have invaded Allawa community, sacking the villagers from their abodes. Men of the Joint Taskforce left the bases last Friday, a day after bandits raided the camps killing six soldiers and a policeman and also setting the camps on fire after burning their operational vehicles. The Niger State Government had defended the action of the security operatives, saying it was to enable them re-strategise for the task ahead. Howe...