By Bukola Olasanmi
A pregnant woman has been gang raped to death by suspected bandits in Niger State.
The incident occurred in Dnakundna village in Shiroro Local Government Area of the State on Thursday morning, 24 hours to the expiration of an ultimatum said to have been given to the villagers by the bandits to pay the N2million levy or risk a possible attack.
Sources from the community said the terrorists had imposed N2 million levy on the villagers to allow them to harvest from their farms.
But it was learnt the villagers could not pay the sum, which angered the bandits.
To avoid being attacked, the villagers began to flee.
After being raped by no fewer than seven men, the woman was left with bruises all over her body.
She was said to have been taken to the hospital by her family but died on Friday night.
Many villagers were reportedly abducted during the attack.
Although it was reliably gathered that the bandits were said to have left the areas due to the recent Joint Security operations.