(MENAFN) The president's media office declared that suspected cattle rustlers have executed over 30 civilians in Nigeria's northwestern Sokoto state.
President Muhammadu Buhari demanded "immediate security crackdown on every hideout of the criminals".
The most recent series of riot had raised concerns over a possible new militancy in northwestern Nigeria.
Hundreds of people have died in the neighboring northwestern state of Zamfara in attacks claimed by "bandits" suspected to be cattle robbers.
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