The 27-year-old vigilante, who hailed from Mai-Ari village of Maimadi ward, sustained gunshot wounds when security men engaged in a gunfight with the bandits.
Eleven people were killed and at least two were wounded in the bandit attack.
The police say they received information that bandits in their large number invaded Tiggi village in Augie Local Governments Area of the state, at about 3:00 a.m. on Saturday.
“They killed two soldiers, one police officer and 50 villagers. (They) kidnapped the community leader of Dankade and many villagers, mostly women and…”
President Muhammadu Buhari says he is saddened by the Kebbi boat tragedy in which scores of people drowned.
