Bandits attack joint military base, many dead

 Bandits attack joint military base, many dead

Modupe Shodeinde

Gunmen suspected to be armed bandits allegedly attacked a joint military base codenamed “Burkusuma camp’ in Sabon Birni local government, Sokoto, with unspecified number of military personnel dead.

Tribune Online reported that ome residents confirmed that the attack took place in the early hours of Friday.

It was reported that the bandits arrived in large numbers and began shooting at the camp from all sides.

A military source who requested anonymity reported a large number of suspected bandits were murdered when a military base in Sokoto Eastern Senatorial District was attacked.

The insider could not confirm whether the military camp in question is the same as the Burkusuma camp in Sabo Birni local government, which is also in the Eastern Senatorial District of the state.

A former chairman of Sabon Birni local government, Idris Muhammad Gobir, known as Danchadi, revealed that the Burkusuma camp had been attacked and that numerous security officers were still missing.

He said the marauding bandits also burnt down two patrol vehicles and carted away another one which was used to convey food items stolen from the villagers.

The information of the attack, according to the former chairman, was validated by a resident of Burkusuma who used a mobile telecommunication service from the Niger Republic.

A prominent traditional ruler in the area, also confirmed that some vehicles were sent to evacuate corpses of the fallen heroes.

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He said over 10 trucks conveying armed military personnel are currently in the forest trailing the bandits.

It was learnt that, the bandits also attacked Katsira village and shot four persons.

Two of the victims were said to have died instantly while the remaining two are receiving treatment at an undisclosed hospital.

The bandits were also said to have abducted another three persons from the village.

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