UPDATED: Bandits kill 42 in Niger State market raid, Tinubu orders security to hunt perpetrators

Bandits demand N290m ransom, drugs, food for release of abducted Kuduru community residents

At least 42 people have been confirmed killed by bandits at Kasuwan Daji market in Demo village, Kabe District, Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State on Saturday, prompting President Bola Tinubu to unleash his security forces on the perpetrators. The bandits also kidnapped scores of people,

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