‘How bandits killed 4 policemen, 3 soldiers in Zamfara’
File photo: Bandits
Published By: Ayorinde Oluokun
By Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja
Four policemen and three soldiers were shot dead by bandits in a deadly ambush on a highway in Zamfara State while on their way to repel attack on Thursday.
Zamfara Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Dalijan, confirmed the tragic development, according to Channels Television.
He noted that the were planning to attack a construction company working along the highway and abduct some of the state.
The Police Commissioner said on receipt of the information, a joint security team made up of police and the soldiers were deployed to thwart the plan of the terrorists.
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But the bandits laid ambush for the security team and opened fire on them, resulting in the death of seven members of the team.
“The bandits had wanted to enter Setraco camp to abduct some staff of Setraco company, we had the information, we sent our men not knowing that they had laid ambush on the road,” he said.
“As we are going they met heavy resistance from the bandits, they opened fire, they exchanged gunfire and in the process, we lost some army personnel and police personnel too.”
“We lost three soldiers and four policemen,” CP Dalijan confirmed.
Earlier reports indicated that the bandits blocked the ever-busy Gusau-Funtua highway for about two hours.
