June 16, (THEWILL)- Bandits have killed four policemen and an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Zamfara State.
The gunmen also left another person critically injured.
The operatives, THEWILL gathered, were ambushed by heavily armed bandits along Gora Community in Maradun Local Government Area of the state.
The spokesperson of the state police command, Shehu Mohammed, confirmed the incident on Wednesday.
Mohammed said the ambush followed the killing of an unspecified number of bandits who blocked the Bakura–Gusau road on Sunday afternoon.
He said, “Yes, they ambushed our troops, killing four policemen, one Civil Defence personnel and another was critically injured but receiving treatment in an undisclosed Hospital.”
The command, according to him, had sent reinforcement of troops and traced the bandits to the forest.
He disclosed that six rifles belonging to the police were recovered from the bandits after a gun duel that lasted for hours, noting that peace had returned to the area.
