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26 reportedly killed as bandits attack 3 villages in Sokoto state

- A reported attack by suspected bandits on Warwana, Tabkin Kwasa and Dutsi villages in Sokoto state has reportedly caused the deaths of 26 persons

- Eyewitnesses say the bandits arrived on 25 motorcycles and started attacking the communities around 5pm on Sunday, January 13

- The killings have been confirmed by state’s commissioner of police, Murtala Mani, who said the command had deployed more men to the area

A reported attack by suspected bandits on some villages in Gandhi district of Rabah local government area of Sokoto state has led to the deaths of 26 persons.

Daily Trust reports that Warwana, Tabkin Kwasa and Dutsi villages were attacked on Sunday, January 13, by bandits who arrived on 25 motorcycles, each carrying three bandits.

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Eyewitnesses said the bandit started attacking the communities around 5pm. Those said to be displaced by the attacks have reportedly been taken to a displaced persons camp in Gandhi town.

The killings were confirmed by state’s commissioner of police, Murtala Mani, who said the command had deployed more men to the area.

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Mani stated that a strong team of army, police and civil defence corps were currently patrolling the area to prevent further attacks.

The Sokoto state governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, condemned the attack and assured the people that his government would continue doing its best to secure lives and property in the state. He asked the people to cooperate with the security agencies by reporting any pending attacks.

Meanwhile, the chief of army staff, Lt-Gen Tukur Buratai, has expressed confidence that the ongoing “Exercise Egwu Eke III will swallow all the bandits, rustlers, terrorists, kidnappers, robbers and militants” in the country.

Buratai gave the assurance when he launched the exercise otherwise known as `Python Dance’ in Lagos. He also assured that the python “will also swallow thugs and other miscreants that may raise their heads to disturb peace in the country’’ at its conclusion in February.

According to him, it will address the issue of fake news and unpatriotic elements that are impeding military operations and demoralising forces at the expense of national security.

He described the exercise as a realistic training package in internal security operations, clearance operations, emergency management, rescue operations, road blocks, cordon and search as well as anti–kidnapping and anti-cultism.

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