Scores Dead as Bandits Raid Niger Communities
Armed bandits overran the remote farming settlements of Kokani and Kigbira in the Borgu council area of Niger State on Thursday, 8 October, setting mud-brick homes ablaze, killing dozens of defenceless villagers, and driving thousands of terrified peasants into the harsh bush along the Benin Republic border. Deadly violence returns to mock state assurances. Superintendent…