Again, bandits hit Niger

• Abduct 24, chop off man’s hand  

• Kaduna schools hold emergency exams, shut down  

• Niger PDP condemns terror attacks

From John Adams Minna

Palaita community in Erena ward of Shiroro Local Government, Niger State, was on Wednesday attacked by gunmen in a farm.

No fewer than 24, including pregnant women, were taken away from their farms by the bandits.

Although Palaita is about five Kilometers from the military camp in Erena, our source said the victims were taken away before the arrival of soldiers.

Also, in another community, Kakuru in the same Erena ward, a blind man had his right hand chopped off by another group of bandits after collecting his mobile phone.

The bandits, who arrived at the community at about 8:00am met only the blind man at home as the rest members of the community were said to have gone to their farms.

The blind man was said to have told the gunmen that the mobile phone did not belong to him, saying that  the owner had gone to the farm. This, however, infuriated the bandits, who seized the phone from him and cut off his right hand.

The state police  public relation officers ( PPRO),SP Wasiu Abiodun, confirmed the attack, saying,”On November 26, 2025,at about 8pm, a report indicated that suspected armed men abducted about 10 persons from Angwan-Kawo and  Kuchipa villages of Shiroro Local Government . Effort is being emplaced to rescue the victims.”