Vigilantes protested to Kagara police station over the killing of six of their members in renewed bandit attacks at Kagara, Rafi local government area of Niger state.
The bandits were said to have attacked at about 7 am blocking the Pandogari road.
Unconfirmed sources said that some drivers and passengers were killed and injured during the attack.
A source said various calls to the Police went unanswered leaving the vigilante operatives to face the bandits which led to the death of their colleagues.
It was also learnt that the vigilantes took the corpses of their colleagues to the Police divisional office in Kagara and started protesting.
Not satisfied with the response of the police to their plight, the vigilantes mobbed the police office destroying their armory and went away with their ammunition.
According to the source “the vigilantes took the corpses of their slain colleagues to Kagara police divisional office, and protested and mobbed the police station, burgled the armory and went away with their ammunition.
“They were angry that the police did not do anything about the attack or respond to call for help as they left only the vigilantes to battle the bandits which led to the death of some of their colleagues.”
The Niger state Police Command Public Relations officer, ASP Wasiu Abiodun said information about the attack is still sketchy but added that more police men have been drafted to the place.
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