Bandits Launch Coordinated Attacks On Kogi Highways, Kill Soldier, Vigilante As Troops Rescue 21 Victims. However, two security personnel — a soldier and a vigilante — were confirmed dead in the fierce gun battle that followed. Twenty-one passengers, including women and a nine-day-old infant, were rescued on Thursday after bandits launched coordinated attacks on multiple vehicles along major highways in Kogi State..Full content / Read original.