Armed bandits storm Niger village, kill dozens of residents
Niger State
Abdullateef Fowewe
Armed bandits stormed Kasuwandaggi village in Borugu Local Government Area Saturday evening, rounding up the entire community in a brutal attack that left several indigenous residents slaughtered, Dailyeconomy gathered exclusively.
An eyewitness who spoke with our correspondent on anonymous condition described how the assailants forced villagers into a single location, seized their mobile phones, and demanded non-indigenes identify themselves.
“The bandits entered the village yesterday evening and they arrested everyone in that village and gathered them in one place, collected their phones and asked non indigenes to identify themselves, then they separated them and slaughtered about 50 people who were indigenes of the village,” the source recounted.
“The gunmen then separated the groups, executing those identified as locals while sparing a handful of outsiders. Then they freed the few ones that are not from the village,” the source stated.
Some from outside the community were also killed alongside the indigenes, it was gathered.
Only a few dared to claim non-local status, securing their release after the carnage.
This incident highlights the escalating insecurity in Niger State, where banditry has claimed numerous lives in recent months.
