Some gunmen launched an unsuccessful attack at Dambo village of Bakura local government area of Zamfara state on Tuesday.
A source who confirmed this to Thunder Blowers explained that, the gunmen who were in large number and armed with weapons invaded Dambo town around 9:00pm but with the joint effort of the conventional security forces and members of the vigilante group the attack was repelled.
The source said, as a result of fire exchange the bandits were chased out of Dambo town, but they eventually set ablaze an operational vehicle of the security forces.
In a related development, another group of bandits invaded Dan Manau town in the same Bakura local government area on Tuesday, but according to our source they were chased out of the town also by another set of community security operatives.
