Kurya, Keta, Kware, Badarawa, Marisuwa, Maberaya are among the villages that were sacked on Friday.
Our correspondent reports that communities in Kware district in Shinkafi Local Government Area of the state are now living in fear as the notorious bandits’ leader wrote and asked them to vacate their homes or face dire consequences.
Turji is also said to have listed about 32 villages in different districts of Shinkafi for attacks, blaming the residents for conspiring with security operatives against his family.
Dozens of residents, including women and children, our correspondent gathered, have left their homes and are taking shelter in relatively safer places in Shinkafi town.
By Nnamdi Ojiego
Contrary to reports that contacts had been established with the kidnappers of students and workers of Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State, Sunday Vanguard gathered that the abductors have not been located by state and non-state actors.
Niger State governor, Abubakar Sani-Bello, had said consultations were ongoing between government and some bandits for the purpose of releasing the abductees.
He added that negotiations were at the final stage.
This was sequel to a visit to some bandits in the state by Sheik Ahmad Gummi and some government officials.
But a source who was among those who visited the bandits told Sunday Vanguard that those who had a meeting with Gummi and Niger State officials were not the abductors of the Kagara students and workers.