State-backed militia kills more than 100 Nigerian ‘bandits'
Government-sponsored vigilantes in northwest Nigeria killed more than 100 gang members in a gun battle earlier this week, a local official said late Wednesday.
Members of Zamfara Civilian Protection Guard (CPG), a state-backed militia, stormed the stronghold of Bello Turji, a notorious 'bandit' kingpin, engaging his fighters in hours-long gunfight that left scores dead, said Ahmad Manga, security adviser to the state governor of Zamfara.
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