12 Die As Bandits Engage Themselves In Gun Duel In Niger State
LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was disarray among a group of armed bandits on Friday as they engaged each other in a gun battle.
After the gun battle,12 of them were cut down while scores were seriously injured in Kusasu Community in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. Many others escaped for their lives, leaving their camp in Kusasu in complete disarray as members of the community watched with disbelieve.
It was gathered that the internal fight among the bandits followed a disagreement between the boys and their leader, popularly referred to as Mallam Dogogide who had accused his boys of shortchanging him after operations. Dogogide is alleged to be one of the leaders of the three notorious bandits groups operating within Shiroro Local Government in Niger State and Birnin Gwari in Kaduna State.
Mallam Dogogide, it was gathered had also accused his boys of going against
their operational rules, by killing villagers indiscriminately and raping
married women, and therefore summoned them for a meeting.
He was said to have during the meeting seized cachets of ammunition from his
boys, threatening to sack them and recruit new hands for “their disloyalty” and
flaunting the group rules of engagement during operation.
According to a source close to the community, Dogogide’s action did not go down well with his boys that led to heated arguments and in the process, one of his boys attempted to kill him when he opened fire but the bullet could not enter his body.
It was at this point that Dogogide and a few loyal ones opened fire and gunned down 12 of the “disgruntled ones” while others escaped for their lives.
A reliable source said that after the shooting, the bandits came to the community, abducted 10 people to help them bury their colleagues. The villagers were, however, released after the burial with a stem warning not to disclose the incident to the public.
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