Gunmen suspected to be bandits have reportedly killed nine members of the local vigilante group in Burra Forest, Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
The vigilantes were reportedly on the trail of the bandits in their hideouts when they got killed.
ASP Yahaya Shuaibu, the Public Relations Officer of one of the local security groups called ‘Yan Ba Beli’, whose member was also killed in the incident, confirmed the killing of their members, adding that out of the nine people who were killed, only one of them is their member.
“The rest belong to another local security team known as ‘Yan Vigilante
“We normally carry out combined activities to flush out bandits from the forest and the operation has been ongoing for weeks,” he said.
He further confirmed that the incident happened on Sunday evening, and according to the information they received, their men succeeded in capturing some of the bandits in their hideouts in a mountainous area of Gamji village, but before they could leave, other bandits came after them and opened fire.
