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By Rasaq Adebayo
Suspected bandits have killed 20 vigilantes in Kotonkoro village of Mariga Local Government Area, Niger State.
The bandits were also said to have attacked a military base on Wednesday night, killing one soldier and injured another.
The attack is coming barely three weeks after Governor Abubakar Sani Bello visited the vigilante group and assured that government would equip them with high caliber weapons to enable them fight the bandits.
The Commandant of the vigilantes in the Local Government, Abu Hashimu, confirmed the killings.
He said: “The slain vigilantes were returning from search operation when they were ambushed.
“16 of them were killed on the spot while the bandits pursued four others who tried to escape and gunned them down also.”
He said the bodies of the deceased have been recovered and buried, adding that a joint security operation consisting of military and vigilantes has begun manhunt for the bandits.
