The relative peace being experienced in parts of Niger State came under serious threat on Thursday as Bandits in their numbers struck in Mulo community in Mashegu local government area of the state, killing the village head, Alhaji Usman Garba.
Three other members of the community that were abducted along with the deceased village Head were however taken away after the village was killed few meters from the community.
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This is coming after about three months of relative peace is gradually returning to the troubled parts of the state following massive Joint security operations across the state.
The state commissioner for Internal Security and Humanitarian Affairs, Emmanuel Umar confirmed the latest attack by the Bandits in a press briefing in Minna on Friday.
According to him, ” There has been great improvement in the security situation in Niger state, at least in the last three months there are has been relative peace in parts of the state due to the serious operation by Joint Security TaskForce.
