{"id":10267,"date":"2017-01-10T11:01:31","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T10:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=10267"},"modified":"2017-01-10T11:01:31","modified_gmt":"2017-01-10T10:01:31","slug":"one-killed-15-others-injured-in-midnight-attack-in-shiroro-lga-of-niger-by-cattle-rustlers-as-state-govt-promise-to-tackle-head-long-kidnappers-cattle-rustlers-infiltrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/one-killed-15-others-injured-in-midnight-attack-in-shiroro-lga-of-niger-by-cattle-rustlers-as-state-govt-promise-to-tackle-head-long-kidnappers-cattle-rustlers-infiltrations\/","title":{"rendered":"One Killed, 15 Others Injured in Midnight Attack in Shiroro LGA of Niger by Cattle Rustlers ..as State Govt Promise to Tackle Head-Long, Kidnappers, Cattle Rustlers’ Infiltrations"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One killed, 15 others injured\u00a0in midnight attack in Niger community as Government promises to tackle infiltration of Kidnappers, Cattle rustlers.<\/p>\n

Uneasy calm reigned\u00a0at the weekend in Niger state following\u00a0a midnight attack by some suspected cattle rustlers in Angwar Umadi Village in Shiroro local government area of the\u00a0state that has left one person\u00a0 dead and 15 others suffering varying degrees of injuries.<\/p>\n

The deceased, a 19- year old Senior Secondary\u00a0 School (SSS11) student was shot at a closed range by the heavily armed rustlers who operated in a Commando lile manner\u00a0 when the Boy allegedly came out of his Father’s house to urinate, unknown\u00a0 to him that the armed bandits were operating.<\/p>\n

National Wire however\u00a0 gathered that no fewer than about 15 others who feared for dear lives and\u00a0 were trying to scamper into safety in different directions as a result of the\u00a0 invasion of the hoodlums, were either shot or inflicted\u00a0 matchet\u00a0 cuts\u00a0 by the bandits and are currently receiving treatment at the Erena Dispensary.<\/p>\n

One of the eye witnesses in the troubled Village, Isaiah Baga who narrated the incidence to our correspondent said the rustlers, numbering about 40, arrived the village at about 12am on\u00a0 Sunday and operated for about one hour.<\/p>\n

He further narrated that no fewer than about\u00a0 212 cattle and several\u00a0 numbers of goats and\u00a0 sheep were also carted\u00a0 away, including Seven brand\u00a0 new motorcycles.<\/p>

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According to Baga, the attack was\u00a0 coming four days after some armed mobile policemen came to patrol the area, saying that “we have reported the latest attack to the appropriate authorities\u00a0 but we are yet to hear from them”.<\/p>\n

it was further learnt by our Correspondent in the state that the latest attack on the village was about\u00a0 the 20th attacks\u00a0 on communities in Shiroro local government area of the state with over 100 people killed in its wake while\u00a0 over 1,500 cattle and sheep were carted away by the fleeing bandits who were in the habits of escaping into the forest to escape arrest by security personnel.<\/p>\n

Further checks revealed that yesterday’s attack was coming 24hours after the state government had expressed the readiness of the security agencies in the state\u00a0 to tackle the upsurge in cases of kidnapping and cattle rustling in some parts of Rafi and Shiroro local governments of the state.<\/p>\n

The Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr Jonathan Vatsa, in a press statement had stated that the government was worried by the activities of people with questionable characters operating within the notorious Birni Gwari forest, kaduna state which bordered with Niger state.<\/p>\n

Mr Vatsa said the criminals were those chased out from Zamafara state by the ongoing military operation and have infiltrated the state through the Birni Gwari axis to carry out the nefarious acts of Kidnapping and cattle rustling.<\/p>\n

The Commissioner stated further\u00a0 that to\u00a0ensure the protection lives and properties, the government has mobilized security agencies to curb the trends.<\/p>\n

He however appeal to the people of the area to co-operate with the security agents by offering useful information that will lead to the arrest of the criminals terrorizing innocent people of the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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