A woman in the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Zumba, Shiroro Local Governmet Area of Niger state has been gang-raped by bandits.

According to reports, the woman, (name withheld) was said to have been kidnapped on Thursday, May 13 after she stepped out of the camp to get foodstuffs.

The victim who is now receiving treatment at the Minna General Hospital, said the bandits took her to a nearby bush and raped her one after the other to the point of death before abandoning her.

She  lost consciousness at some point in time and recovered to find herself in the hospital after she was picked up from the bush by some passers-by who rushed her to the primary health care centre in Zumba before she was  moved to the Minna General Hospital.