By Citizenship Daily
Locals of Matusgi village under Talata Mafara Local Government area of Zamfara State have on Wednesday defied attack by a large number of armed bandits who invaded the village with the mission to kidnap and rustle.
An attack by numerous armed bandits had failed on Wednesday in the hands of people of Matusgi village who, having been informed of possible invasion, came out in large numbers armed with local weapons including fabricated guns and waited for the arrival of the bandits.
According to a local identified as Abubakar Nura, unlike previous times when everybody took to their heels for safety, this time, the bandits had unexpectedly received fire power by the locals from various angles, a situation which forced them to retreat.
“The bandits, while struggling to escape into a nearby bush, returned the fire on the locals during when three people were killed.
“Even before the bandits retreated, they were already twenty five corpses of them lying in their blood who had been fatally hit by the fearless locals wielding locally-made ammunition fired in defense of the community.
“As the bandits narrowly escaped the offensive by the firing villagers, they flew for safety through the only route that runs a few kilometer distance neighboring Magamin Diddi village under Maradun Local Government area. The inhabitants over there too ambushed and opened fire on the fleeing terrorists and ten more others were killed,” the local, Nura said.
