Vigilante group kills 11 bandits, rescues 2 abductees in Kogi

A vigilante group in Kogi State have killed 11 bandits and rescued 2 abductees from the kidnappers din.

The commander of the vigilante group in Kogi state,  Alhassan Alhassan, was killed last Tuesday by the kidnappers during a gun battled.

However, the Vigilante regrouped and invaded the forest where 11 bandits were killed and rescued 2 abductees.

A member of the vigilante group who was part of the operation but preferred anonymity, said the vigilantes reinforced with hunters and stormed the forest on Thursday morning at Ottoyi village in Kogi State which shares border with Niger State.

He said his men engaged the kidnappers in a shootout which led to the killing of 11 of the bandits, adding that scores of the kidnappers escaped with bullet wounds.

He said they also destroyed two kidnappers’ camps and recovered army uniforms, magazines, drugs, energy drinks, foodstuff and condiments, as well as rubber boots.

The state’s Commissioner for Solid Minerals, Engr Abubakar Bashir Gegu, who is a native of the area, confirmed the incident through telephone with our reporter.

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