By Abba Gwale
Residents have reportedly killed three gunmen alleged to be bandits at Magamar Jibia border community in Katsina State in the early hours of Monday.
An eyewitness said the gunmen had stormed the community on their motorcycles around 11pm on Sunday and invaded the house of one of the residents.
The victim reportedly raised alarm, prompting the residents who were mainly youths to mobilize and confront the bandits.
A resident said the youths overpowered the gunmen who then made a retreat to the nearby forest where they came from and at the process the youths reportedly killed three of the bandits while the rest escaped to the forest.
A community leader who pleaded for anonymity said, the youths killed three of the bandits and burnt two of the bandits to ashes while the corpse of the third bandit was removed by the police in the morning.
