DansadauBandits killed 14 soldiers, then extorted about ₦360 million, residents say.
Residents and security sources say nearly everyone fled after the town’s only military base fell.
Bandit leader Dankarami Gwaska reportedly took a cut of Bindin’s gold in Nigeria’s Zamfara State, then raised labourers’ taxes.
Residents say rival armed groups, not the military, killed the fighters Gwaska avenged.
One bandit leader has vowed in an audio message to burn 250 vehicles unless vigilantes return seized guns.
How each outlet framed it
- Premium Times Nigeria leans critical
- reconstructs the extortion economy: a ₦50 million levy and about ₦360 million extracted from Bindin communities after the base fell
Sources: Premium Times Nigeria