Daring Bandits Ambush Security Agents, Kill Seven Police Officers In Zamfara

Daring bandits have killed no less than seven Mobile Police officers in  an ambush on a patrol team of security agents on the Magami – Gusau road in Zamfara State.

A reliable source told The Legend that the officers were ambushed after they left Gusau for Magami on patrol duty.

“There is no telecommunications service in the area so the officers went there to patrol the area but unfortunately, they ran into an ambush by the bandits. They could not send an SOS to their unit for reinforcement due to lack of network. The bandits opened fire on the official vehicle conveying the mobile policemen,” he said.

He added that six of the officers were riddled with bullet while their driver was burnt to death in the vehicle.

According to him, the bandits left the bodies there and went back into the bush.

The corpses have been deposited at the Ahmed Sani Yariman Bakura Specialist Hospital in Gusau.

The police in Gusau is  yet to respond to telephone calls to confirm the incident, at the time of filing this report.