Armed bandits have killed about eight members of vigilante group otherwise known as Yan Sakai in Wanke district of Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara state.
Residents said gunmen attacked Gobirawa village and took away about 11 cows and other animals after chasing people out of their homes.
The gunmen also killed a prominent leader of the vigilante called Bala Maigora. Some of the vigilante members from other neighbouring communities mobilized to Gobirawa for assistance, but the armed men laid an ambush, killing eight of them.
The State Police Command Spokesman Muhammad Shehu, said members of a group of local militia known as Yansakai who pursued the rustlers were ambushed. As a result, four members of the Yansakai, including their commander popularly known as Bala Maigora were killed.
Meanwhile, the state governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle has signed a memorandum of understanding with a company in Dubai, Worldwide Jet Aviation SA, for the supply of surveillance helicopters.
