10 Killed In Gunmen Attack On Kogi Community

Five people have been killed by gunmen who invaded Kpanche community in Bassa area of Kogi state, North-central Nigeria, police in Lokoja have said.

Concise News learned that five of the armed bandits were shot dead by security agents.

The bandits, according to the commissioner of police, Ali Janga, invaded the sleepy agrarian community in the early hours of Sunday but they were quickly repelled by a combined team of policemen and soldiers.

“Yes, five lives were lost in the village but operatives of the police mobile force and soldiers repelled them and succeeded in killing five bandits and recovered some weapons,” Janga told newsmen.

Reports also say five houses and unspecified number of vehicles, tricycles, motorcycles and other properties were set ablaze by the bandits.