Reports indicate that local hunters have killed not less than 47 bandits in Shiroro LGA of Niger State.
The incident occurred on Wednesday after the hunters raided a riverside community in Magami between Shiroro and Rafi LGAs.
Sources say the community is closed to river, which has been used a bandits camp in recent months in Niger.
Intelligence gathered that during the incident, at least 47 bandits were neutralised while others fled with gunshot wounds.
Meanwhile, the Police anti-banditry team in Niger have gunned down a notorious bandits informant, Buba Baromi.
He was killed in Damba forest after hunters led the police to his hideout.
He had been in hiding to recuperate from a gunshot wound earlier sustained during a gun duel with security operatives.
Baromi was not only an informant, he led bandits to targets of attacks and kidnap operations.
Credit: Eons Intelligence
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