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From John Adams, Minna
The Niger State Police Command debunked media reports (not Sun Newspapers) that about 44 people were killed in Niger State on Monday, describing the reports as not only false but the one capable of causing panic among the people.
According to the reports in some media, terrorists suspected to be Boko Haram attacked and killed 44 people and abducted scores of women in Munya and Shiroro Local Government Areas of the state.
But the state Police Command in a statement in Minna on Tuesday, signed by the Public Relation Officer, DSP Wasiu Abiodun said there was no such incident in any of the local government mentioned in the said reports, adding that last attack in the state by gunmen was that of Galadiman Kogo “where the team engaged the bandits in a fierce gun battle and as a result, some of the bandits were neutralized and others escaped with gunshot injuries”.
He also confirmed the killing of eight civilians, eight task force members and a vigilante in the attack which occurred on the 29th of January.
The police spokesmen equally said some armed bandits attacked Zazagha and Kabulai village in Kazai Munya Local Government Area, killing two persons and abducting four others.
According to the statement, the last onslaught by the bandits was the attack on a military camp at Allawa but said no life was lost in that attack.
“The Commissioner of Police, Niger State Command CP Monday Bala Kuryas, wishes to reassure that the police and other security agencies will continue to work assiduously in curbing banditry and other criminality in the state,” the statement further reads.
