A group of armed bandits invaded the Kakuru community, in Erena Ward, in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State where they brutalised a blind man and severed his right hand after taking a mobile phone from him.
According to Channels Television, the attackers, who arrived at about 8:00 am on Wednesday, met only the visually impaired man at home, as other residents had gone to their farms.
The victim reportedly explained that the phone did not belong to him but to a neighbour who had gone to the farm.
The bandits, angered by his response, seized the phone and amputated his right hand.
He is currently receiving first aid at a patent medicine shop in the Kuduru community.
