However, locals who returned to their villages on Saturday to organise mass burials told the Reuters news agency the death toll exceeded 200.
Attackers also rampaged through 10 villages in Anka and Bukkuyum districts on Wednesday through Thursday, firing at residents and looting and burning homes. President Muhammadu Buhari said in a statement on Saturday the military acquired more equipment to track down and eliminate criminal gangs, which have been subjecting people to a of terror reign, including through the illegal imposition of taxes on communities under siege.
Northwest Nigeria has seen a sharp rise in mass abductions other violent crimes since late 2020 as the government struggles to maintain law and order. Nigeria’s armed forces said last week they killed 537 “armed bandits and other criminal elements” in the region and arrested 374 others since May last year, while 452 “kidnapped civilians were rescued”.
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