Niger: Pregnant woman dies after sexual assault by bandits
A pregnant woman and mother of three children gang-raped by seven armed bandits has died in Dnakunda community of Shiroro Local Council of Niger State.
The Guardian learnt that the woman alongside other women and her three children were fleeing the community due to threat of attack by bandits when they caught up with her. A source from the community said seven bandits marched the woman to a nearby bush and gang-raped her, which led to her death.
It was gathered that the villagers decided to leave the community as a result of N2 million levy demanded by the bandits as condition before they (villagers) harvest their farm produce, adding that the ultimatum expired on Friday, December 23, 2022, and the bandits were not happy with the decision of the people to escape.