No fewer than 30 persons were killed in Kachiwe village, Sarkin Pawa in Munya Local Government Area of Niger State when armed bandits attacked the area.
Africa Today News, New York gathered that the gunmen stormed the village and other neighbouring communities from their hideouts in the highly dreaded Barnin Gwari forest in Kaduna State on Tuesday.
The secretary to the Niger State Government, Ahmed Ibrahim Matane, confirmed the attack to newsmen on Wednesday.
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Although he did not disclose the number of those that lost their lives, he, however, explained that the state government is not resting on its oars in its effort to rid the state of crime and criminality.
Matane appealed to the people of the state to provide security agencies with credible information to enable them to win in the fight against banditry, kidnapping, and other criminalities facing the state.
Also, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Monday Bala Kuryas confirmed the incident.
Kuryas revealed that investigation has already started on the matter to enable the command track down the perpetrators of the criminal act.
AFRICA TODAY NEWS, NEW YORK