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As farmers begin preparation for the new planting season, banditry-prone farming communities in Shiroro, Munya and Rafi LGAs have expressed fear of hunger following renewed attacks by bandits and other terrorists which have denied them access to their farms to prepare for cultivation. Farmers who spoke with Daily Trust said…
The resident said people have been fleeing the community in the last few weeks following incessant attacks by gunmen.
Bandits have killed no fewer than four farmers and abducted over 100 others including women and children from 14 communities in Mashegu and Rafi local… By Abubakar Akote, Minna Bandits have killed no fewer than four farmers and abducted over 100 others including women and children from 14 communities in Mashegu and Rafi local government…
Terrorists have killed no fewer than four farmers and abducted over 100 others including women and children from 14 communities in Mashegu and Rafi local government areas of Niger State in the last three weeks. More than half of the victims were kidnapped while harvesting maize, beans, guinea corn and soya beans on their farms. Those killed were a traditional ruler, two vigilantes and one other person during an invasion in Mashegu Local Government, Daily Trust reports.
"The bandits were equally engaged in a gun duel and some of them were neutralised, while others escaped into the forest with gunshot injuries."