Zamfara Communities kill 35 bandits as they defy attack
From Ibrahim Kaulahi, Gusau
Inhabitants of Matusgi village under Talata Mafara local government area of Zamfara State have on Wednesday defied attack by a large number of armed bandits who invaded the village with the mission to kidnap and rustle.
An attack by hundreds of armed bandits had failed on Wednesday in the hands of people of Matusgi village who having been informed of possible invasion, came out en masse armed with local weapons including fabricated guns and waited for the arrival of the bandits.
According to a local identified as Abubakar Nura, unlike previous times when everybody toil to take to heels for safety, this time, the bandits had unexpectedly received fire power by the locals from various angles, the situation which forced them to retreated.
“The bandits, while struggling to escape into a nearby bush, they returned the fire on the locals during which three people were killed.
“Even before the bandits retreated, there were already twenty five corpses of them lying in the blood who had been fatally hit by the unresisting flying locally made ammunitions fired by the ambushing locals in defense of the community.
“As the bandits narrowly escaped ‘Delete-All’ attempt by the firing villagers, they flew for safety through the only route that runs via a few kilometer dintance neighboring Magamin Diddi village under Maradun local government area, the inhabitants over there too ambushed and opened fire on the fleeing terrorists where ten more others were killed.