Suspected terrorists have killed at least six farmers and kidnapped 20 women at the Maganda Junction on Allawa-Pandogari Road in the Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. A resident, Salihu Adamu, who confirmed this, said the deceased were four men and two women. He stated that the six farmers were returning to Allawa town in Shiroro LGA from Pandogari town in Rafi LGA when bandits opened fire on their cars.
Three pupils die in Niger kidnappers’ den Alao Abiodun
By Justina Asishana, Minna
It is currently a sad time for the parents of the Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School Tegina, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, as the bandits have told the parents that three of the kidnapped children are dead.
The deceased students were said to be girls while the bandits said some others are currently seriously ill.
It will be recalled that the Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School students were abducted in their school in Tegina, Rafi LGA of Niger State two months ago.
The Nation learnt that the bandits broke the sad news to some of the parents in a telephone conversation but refused to give their names.