{"id":141842,"date":"2022-01-30T13:32:56","date_gmt":"2022-01-30T12:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=141842"},"modified":"2022-01-30T13:32:56","modified_gmt":"2022-01-30T12:32:56","slug":"residents-seek-asylum-inside-forest-as-gunmen-attack-niger-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/01\/30\/residents-seek-asylum-inside-forest-as-gunmen-attack-niger-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Residents seek asylum inside forest as gunmen attack Niger community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tension in Shiroro LGA of Niger as gunmen reportedly attacked Galkogo village which led to the fleeing of some residents in the state.<\/p>\n<p>This was made known by the spokesperson of youth association, Jibrin Alawa while speaking with newsmen.<\/p>\n<p>Alawa said\u00a0the attack occurred at about 3pm and lasted till 6pm on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>According to Alawa,\u00a0about 200 persons invaded the village on motorcycles, holding different kind of weapons and shooting sporadically.<\/p>\n<p>He said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/11\/14\/punish-odili-attackers-ohanaeze-tells-buhari\/\">attackers<\/a> razed many houses and burnt down a vigilante camp in the village.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, there was an attack on Galadima Kogo village today. It happened around 3pm. They came in large number and were shooting sporadically. People were running but some people were shot,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn eyewitness told me that before he left the village, they recorded about seven deaths and the terrorists burnt down the vigilante camp. They attacked around 3pm and left at about 6pm in the evening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey came in large number of about 200 persons on motorcycle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know this kind of attack, they have been targeting that village because there is a very strong vigilante group there. It happened that those vigilantes were mobilised to Kontagora for a special assignment about four days ago, so, they took advantage of that and attacked the community. The vigilante group are currently back in the village.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Ismail Mohammed, spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Shiroro LGA, some residents are currently taking refuge in Kuta Gwada town.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are villages before Galkogo but they came straight down to Galkogo to attack us. Currently, we are trying to see if we can take trucks to the forest to rescue some of our people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of people ran into the forest. Some people jumped into the water while some were just running to God knows where. They had guns. They came on plenty motorcycles, shooting sporadically and destroyed many houses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know the government is doing its best but our people have no peace of mind. We have taken some people to Kuta while some people have escaped to Gwada town.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When contacted, Wasiu Abiodun, the state police spokesman, asked newsmen to reach out to the Nigerian Army for comment.<\/p>\n<p>However, Onyema Nwachukwu, army spokesperson, was unreachable for comment at the time of this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tension in Shiroro LGA of Niger as gunmen reportedly attacked Galkogo village which led to the fleeing of some residents in the state. This was made known by the spokesperson of youth association, Jibrin Alawa while speaking with newsmen. Alawa said\u00a0the attack occurred at about 3pm and lasted till 6pm on Saturday. 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