Tragedy struck on Monday night time alongside the Sokoto-Gusau freeway as suspected bandits ambushed a police workforce, killing 5 cops and abducting others.
LEADERSHIP gathered that the officers have been travelling in a Zamfara State mass transit bus, popularly often called Bazamfara, en path to Gusau, the state capital, once they got here underneath heavy gunfire.
Sources inside the police mentioned the officers have been deployed from Sokoto to Zamfara for a particular responsibility to offer safety for the All Progressives Congress (APC) major election for Zamfara North Senatorial District holding in Kaura Namoda Local Government Area.
A supply on the scene who merely gave his title as Uzairu disclosed that the attackers intercepted the bus and opened fireplace at shut vary, resulting in the moment dying of the officers, whereas some others have been kidnapped.
The actual variety of officers kidnapped couldn’t be ascertained as on the time of submitting this report.
Confirming the incident to LEADERSHIP, the spokesperson of the Office of the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 10, Sokoto, DSP Abdullahi Faruk, mentioned the stays of the 5 deceased officers had been deposited on the morgue of the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH), Sokoto.
Faruk, who spoke in a phone interview on Monday, mentioned investigation into the assault had commenced and promised to offer additional particulars later.
Similarly, the Zone 10 Police Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Ambursa, confirmed the assault however mentioned he was at present within the hospital and would difficulty an official assertion later.
When contacted, the Zamfara State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer mentioned the command was not authorised to touch upon the matter because it falls underneath the jurisdiction of the zonal command.
Videos circulating on social media confirmed a white-and-green Zamfara State mass transit bus badly broken by gunfire, with bullet holes throughout its physique, shattered home windows and bloodstains, whereas lifeless our bodies of some officers have been seen contained in the bus with fingers tied with ropes.
The Sokoto-Gusau freeway has remained a hotspot for banditry and kidnapping in latest months, with safety operatives typically focused by legal components working within the forest hall.
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