One person has been killed and 10 others abducted in a bandit attack, which occurred on Friday evening in Gurmana community in Shiroro local government area of Niger state.
Karibo, Shekadna, Kokki, Sarkin Zama, Bakin Kogi (Lagbe), Maganda and other adjoining Villages all under Gurmana district were invaded by the bandits.
The District Head of Sarkin Zama and several others, who sustained various degrees of gunshot injuries, are on admission at various health facilities in Kuta, the headquarters of Shiroro local government.
It was learnt that the bandits went around the communities burning down houses and barns where yams and grains were stored.
An eyewitness said they invaded the communities in large numbers on motorcycles, shooting sporadically.
