We Are Not Aware Of The Killing Of Vigilante leader, 17 others By Bandits In Zamfara----State Police Command
Zamfara State Police Command said they were not aware of the alleged killing of no fewer than 18 persons, including a vigilante leader, in a separate attacks on communities under the Ruwandoruwa ward of the Maru Local Government Area in Zamfara State.
The acting Public Relations Officer of Zamfara State Police Command, Yazid Abubakar, said the command was yet to receive any report of the incident.
But it was reported by an eyewitness, one Aminu Ilyasu, and a member of a local vigilante group known as Yansakai, said the armed bandits targeted the vigilante leader of Dangamji community.
According to him, the vigilante leader, identified as Dahiru Dangamji, was murdered alongside three other persons in his hideout inside the bush around Danzara community.
“The bandits purposely targeted a vigilante leader, Dahiru. He was killed alongside three other persons in his hideout at Danzara community.
“We usually go inside the bush to hide because we know how the bandits operate and they also know that we normally hide inside the bush.” He reportedly said.
Aminu Ilyasu was alleged to have said that immediately the news of Dahiru’s death reached to the community, his vigilante group in Ruwandoruwa, quickly mobilised to the area but they were ambushed by the bandits along the road.
“Along our way to Danzara, we met them on the road and we exchanged gunfire that lasted for hours, 11 of our members were killed in the gun battle, while several of the bandits were also killed, if I may get the figures right, we killed about 10 of them.”
Also a resident of Ruwandoruwa, Abdullahi Ruwandoruwa, added that the bandits afterwards moved to Arafa community and a neighbouring settlement, where they killed three persons, including one 20-year-old Murtala Hussaini, Sani Mansur and one Abu Boss.
“The bandits who were moving along Arafa community area shot two persons dead, and also killed one person at the next settlement along Ruwandoruwa,” Ilyasu said.
Credit: Vanguard.
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