On 8 March 2022, bandit gangs carried out two mass shootings in Kebbi State, northwest Nigeria, killing over 80 people.
On 8 March 2022 in Sabaka, bandits ambushed and killed at least 62 members of volunteer vigilante group Yan Sa Kai in Kebbi.
[1][2] At around 4:30pm on the same day, a horde of bandits entered a riverside settlement near Kanya, Wasagu/Danko.
The attackers entered Kanya and ambushed the deputy governor's convoy, killing thirteen soldiers, five policemen and a vigilante.
[2] The killings were condemned by president Muhammadu Buhari.