John Shiklam in Kaduna and Laleye Dipo in Minna
No fewer than eight communities in the Fuka district of Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State have been deserted following the raid on the villages by bandits on Saturday night.
Another group of bandits yesterday also attacked worshipers at Haske Baptist Church, Manini community, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killing a medical doctor while five people were abducted.
Following the raid on the Niger communities, THISDAY gathered that 1,569 villagers have now relocated to Sarkin Pawa the headquarters of the Munya LGA where they are now Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
Laleye Dipo in Minna
There seems to be no respite for some communities in Niger State as bandits continue to raid villages, abduct residents and loot property.
A the weekend, the bandits were in another part of the Niger East senatorial district, where they wreaked havoc on innocent people.
During the invasion of Kuchi town in Munya Local Government Area by about 50 heavily-armed criminals, 17 people, including the father and mother of the former council Chairman, Malam Yahuza Abdullahi, were abducted.
Those kidnapped, according to a report from the area, also include a medical doctor, two nursing mothers and their two-week-old babies.