Military camp in Zazzaga community in Munya Local Government Area of Niger State has been attacked by bandits numbering about 60 on Wednesday.
FirstNews gathered that casualties were recorded in the attack as soldiers in the camp engaged them in a gun battle for about two hours.
This attack came few weeks after bandits in their numbers attacked a Security Joint Task Force base in Allawa and Basa in Shiroro Local Government Area of the state, killing five soldiers and a mobile policeman.
Sources that hinted on the incident said that the bandits stormed the community at about 4.00am and shared themselves into three groups.
While one group made their way straight to the military camp located at the Junior Secondary School, about 500 meters from the town, where they engaged the soldiers in a gun battle. The second group laid ambush on the major road leading to the community.
The third group were said to have made their way to the community to prevent any reinforcements from the community vigilantes and the youths.
It was learnt that soldiers later retreated when they ran out ammunition after engaging the criminals in a gun duel for over two hours.
Following the retreat, the bandits, it was gathered, had the opportunity to penetrate the military camp and set the vehicles there on fire and went away with another.
“I think the bandits might have used the military vehicle to evacuate the injured ones and possibly some dead ones among them because the soldiers really fought them to stand still until their ammunition finished.
“The bandits came around 4.00am, and since that time, there were gunshot sounds until about 6.00am this morning”, our source added. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Wasiu Abiodun, could not be reached as of press time.