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Zamfara residents reportedly kill 7 suspected bandits outside emir’s palace

- Residents of Birnin Magaji reportedly attacked some bandits who came to the Emir's palace

- The bandits had come for a peace talk and to also recover their seized cows

- An SSS official was also attacked but only sustained injuries

Seven suspected bandits have reportedly been killed by residents of Birnin Magaji Local Government Area of Zamfara state after they reportedly visited the emery for peace talk.

According to Premium Times, the incident happened on Wednesday, May 1.

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An airstrike on their base in Birnin Magaji forest by the Nigerian Air Force displaced the bandits.

It was reported that their cows which were suspected to be rustled were confiscated.and kept at the emir’s palace in Birnin Magaji. However, early last week, the cattle were taken to Gusau, the state capital.

Seven of the bandits and an official of the State Security Service (SSS) came to the emir’s palace to plead for the release of the cows.

The emir, Husseini Dan-Ali, was in Kaduna when the suspected bandits came and his secretary, Muhammadu Mai-inji, had a meeting with them.

Residents however got wind of the meeting and reportedly laid siege for the suspected bandits and lynched them after they came out of the palace from the meeting.

The suspected SSS official was rescued by soldiers, although he sustained severe injuries.

Meanwhile, the acting inspector general of police Mohammed Adamu ordered the immediate redeployment of the Commissioner of Police in charge of Kaduna state Command, Mr Ahmed Abdulrahaman to the Force Intelligence Bureau, Abuja.

A statement by the Force spokesman, Frank Mba, a Deputy Commissioner of Police on Wednesday in Abuja, said Mr Aji Janga would take over as the commissioner in Kaduna.

Janga was until now the commissioner of police in charge of Bauchi State command.

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