MaradunSuspected bandits set a room alight, killing 12 members of one family.

They also abducted more residents, and the council has no count.

Attackers ordered the family to open the door, then set fire around the room, a local source said.

Council chairman Sanusi Dosara counts 12 dead, while other published reports count 11 and 13.

Police say officers are pursuing the attackers but have given no casualty figure.

How each outlet framed it
Premium Times Nigeria leans critical
reports the chairman's account of heat from the fire, not direct flames, as the cause of death, and the vigilante rescue of captives

Sources: Premium Times Nigeria