Bandits kill vigilante leader, 17 others
NO fewer than 18 persons, including a vigilante leader have been killed in separate attacks on communities under Ruwandoruwa ward of the Maru Local Government Area in Zamfara State. An eyewitness, Aminu Ilyasu, who is a member of local vigilante group known as Yansakai, said the armed bandits targeted the vigilante leader of Dangamji community. He said the vigilante leader, Dahiru Dangamji, was killed alongside three other persons in his hideout inside bush around Danzara community. He said: “The bandits purposely targeted a vigilante leader, Dahiru. He was killed alongside three other persons in his hideout at Danzara community. "We usually go inside the bush to hide because we know how the bandits operate and they also know that we normally hide inside bush.” He added that when the news of Dahiru’s death got to the community, members of the vigilante group in Ruwandoruwa quickly mobilised to the area but they were ambushed by the bandits along the road. “Along our way to Danzar...