Suspected bandits have reportedly attacked the camp of the Joint Security Task Force comprising of the Army, Police, Civil Defence and Vigilantes at Allawa in Niger State, killing an undisclosed number of soldiers.
Reports say an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) was also killed in the attack while many security personnel sustained injuries.
The gunmen abducted over 10 persons, stole seven motorcycles and burnt down military vehicles in the attacks launched in the early hours of Thursday.
The President of Shiroro Youth Movement, Mohammed Sani Idris, confirmed the incident, saying the bandits, in their 100s were armed with AK47 and attacked the communities for about five hours unhindered.
He said, “During the invasion, they killed one Alhaji Sale in Madalla community under Bassa ward and kidnapped four people and went away with two motorcycles”
“Also in Kokki Boddo a community under Gurmana ward, they abducted six persons and took away five motorcycles, five people were also kidnapped in Manta ward”.
