Angry vigilantes kill 11 bandits’ informants arrested in Zamfara market

According to a report by SaharaReporters, a local vigilante group in Zamfara State has killed 11 suspected bandit informants

The vigilantes known as 'Yan Sakai' killed seven informants in the Bungudu Local Government Area's Gada hamlet. Monetize your Facebook

Four more were executed in the state's Kaura Namoda Local Government Area.

Angry vigilantes pounced on the alleged informants at a GSM market in Kaura Namoda town, according to SaharaReporters.

According to a town resident who did not want his name used, the informants were followed after an attack on the hamlet that resulted in the deaths of the district head and five others.

Several people, including women and children, are claimed to have been kidnapped during the attack.

After attacking Tuskudu, a village within 1km of Gada town, where a notorious suspected informant named Ada was arrested, the vigilantes made their breakthrough.

Ada was identified by a local resident, Hafiz Sani, as one of the criminals who had entered the neighborhood.

He said: "Ada was the one pinpointing identified targets for the assailants during the attack. In fact, I was one of their prime targets being a Youth leader of the community. He was always visiting this community as an innocent person.

“When the vigilantes got him, he listed some other informants and asked his executors to spare some of the suspects wrongly arrested. He confessed to them that he was really among the attackers and was giving them vital information on individuals.

“Among those killed also was one woman called Dabo Bokanya. She told the vigilantes that she was aiding the armed criminals. Her husband and two sons were also slain.”

The police have yet to corroborate the news, and calls to Muhammed Shehu, the police spokesperson, have gone unanswered as of the time of reporting this article.

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