 Not fewer than 20 people have been killed in bandits attack that occurred in Wushishi local government area and Lavung local government areas of Niger state on Friday, leaving many others injured. Several other people who were trying to escape the onslaught of the bandits ran into deep water and drowned. The bandits had blocked the ever-busy Tagina Zungeru Minarout for more than six hours on Friday afternoon, shooting sporadically, stopping vehicles and killing people, including women and children in the process. Many vehicles going in that direction had to turn back, while those who were close abandoned their vehicles and took to the hills in a bid to escape the bandits.