The Police Command in Niger state has confirmed the killing of “many bandits” by the Joint Security Task Force in the North-Central state.
Its commissioner, Bala Kuryas, told newsmen in Minna that several bandits were neutralised by the joint security taskforce “in the last few days”.
Meanwhile, the Niger Government has said that 200 bandits were killed by the joint security tasks force in the last three days in different parts of the state.
Chairman, Joint Security Taskforce and Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Emmanuel Umaru, who made this known added that several bandits were neutralised at Kundu village of Rafi Local Government.
