The Zamfara State Commissioner Police, Mohammed Dalijan, has confirmed the killing of three soldiers and four policemen by bandits.
Dalijan said on Thursday that the three soldiers and four policemen were killed in an ambush laid for them by the bandits.
They were killed while on their way to repel bandits’ attack on Zamfara highway, he said.
Dalijan said the bandits planned to attack a construction company working along the Gusau – Funtua highway.
He said joint security forces of the police and the Army mobilised to the scene, but unfortunately, the bandits laid an ambush and opened fire on them.
The police commissioner noted that the troops fought back gallantly while repelling the attack.
“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.
“As they were 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.
(vitalnewsngr.com)
