No fewer than 50 terrorists have been killed in an attack by local vigilantes in Ibbi community in Mashegu local government area of Niger State.

The terrorists were said to have been responsible for the terrorising and abduction of residents of the community with 12 kidnapped from the community two weeks ago.

It was learnt that the vigilantes, who took the battle to the terrorists, destroyed their camps located within the Kainji National Park and sustained the battle against the terrorists for four days.

Sources within the community informed that the vigilantes lost two men during the attack while the terrorists, in a bid to escape, killed nine out of the 12 they abducted.

Among the killed abductees were a Sharia Court Registrar, six women, and three other men while those who escaped alive were three men.

“As I am talking to you now, the vigilantes have destroyed the camps of the terrorists and chased them out of the national park and dumped the bodies of the slain terrorists at the Kainji National Park,” the source stated.

A resident of Ibbi, Abdul Ahmed, said some bandits had recently taken over some unmanned parts of the National Park, from where they launched attacks on the people of the area.

Niger Commissioner of internal security, Emmanuel Umar, could not be reached while the Niger police spokesman Wasiu Abiodun, did not respond to calls or texts as of the time of filing this report. (The Nation: Text, Excluding Headline)