About 15 women were abducted and made to help the bandits carry the looted foodstuffs from the communities. They however promised to release the women after helping them to take the foodstuffs to a particular location. He said on Sunday, the bandits returned and shared themselves into three groups, moving from one communities to another targeting only foodstuffs. He said, “We saw a helicopter moving round the communities for about six times when the bandits were operating but the helicopter did not attack the bandits. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Niger state police command, ASP Abiodun Wasiu, could not be reached for comments.

Source: Punch January 24, 2021 23:26 UTC