Scores of bandits have been killed because of a heavy struggle between two rival teams round Hayin Alhaji and Munhaye forest within the Tsafe Native Authorities Space in Zamfara State.
An area, Mohammed Sanda, instructed The PUNCH on Sunday that the 2 bandit teams engaged in a supremacy struggle final Saturday the place scores misplaced their lives.
Sanda stated villagers discovered a number of lifeless our bodies on the scene of the struggle and had began contemplating a mass burial for the lifeless bandits.
“We could dig a giant grave and bury the lifeless our bodies earlier than they decompose,” he stated.
In response to Sanda, a bunch of bandits from neighbouring Katsina State invaded some communities in Zamfara State with the intention of kidnapping the residents.
However the highly effective and infamous bandits’ kingpin, Ado Alero, who’s an indigene of the realm, intervened and refused to permit the rival bandit group to kidnap the villagers.
The 2 rival teams engaged in a gun battle which resulted within the loss of life of a number of bandits from each side.
He stated the individuals of the realm trooped to the battleground to see the lifeless our bodies of the neutralised bandits.
In response to him, there have been over 20 bikes deserted by the bandits on the place the place the struggle came about.
He stated, “Some bandits who got here from Katsina State invaded some communities between Tafkin Kazai and Munhaye village round 5 o’clock within the night of final Saturday, making an attempt to abduct the residents of the realm.
“Whereas they have been within the space, one other group of bandits led by Ado Alero got here to the place in a bid to guard the residents.
“The 2 bandit teams exchanged scorching phrases and at last started to shoot at one another, whereas the residents ran helter-skelter for his or her expensive lives.
“As we have been operating, the bandits’ chief Ado Alero instructed us to not panic and requested us to stay the place we have been.
“The 2 teams fought for a number of hours the place lots of them have been killed and after we returned to the realm early morning of at the moment, Sunday, we noticed many corpses and several other bikes.
“As I’m talking to you for the time being, many individuals are trooping to this place to see the corpses and the deserted bikes,” Sanda stated.
Sanda additionally defined that the communities have been trying into the opportunity of giving a mass burial to the lifeless our bodies of the bandits.
“We could dig a giant grave and bury the lifeless our bodies earlier than they decompose,” he stated.
When contacted for remark, the spokesperson for the state police command, ASP Yazid Abubakar, stated he was not conscious of the incident.
“I’m not conscious of this, however it’s a crucial growth. God is answering our prayers within the struggle in opposition to banditry,” Abubakar stated.