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Adebayo Ayinde and Adeniyi Olugbemi
Twenty one persons have been killed and another 40 kidnapped in a renewed bandit attack on Shiroro communities in Niger State.
The attack occurred on Tuesday when about 300 gunmen on motorcycles stormed four villages of Kurege, Sabon gida, Sararai and Rafin Kanya, killing some people and abducted many others.
An eyewitness, who is also an indigene of the Shiroro Local Government Area, Galadima Salisu, said on the telephone that unless governments at all levels come to their aid, the area could be taken over by bandits.
All efforts to contact the state Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Wasiu Abiodun, failed.