Onuminya Innocent in Sokoto
Suspected bandits yesterday ambushed cops on the Sokoto–Gusau street, killing 5 cops and abducting others.
The assault occurred yesterday when the officers had been travelling on a Zamfara State mass transit bus, popularly often called Bazamfara, en path to Gusau, the state capital.
A supply on the scene disclosed that a few of the cops aboard the bus misplaced their lives throughout the ambush.
However, the precise variety of casualties couldn’t be ascertained as of the time of submitting this report.
Sources inside the police drive indicated that the officers had been on their manner to offer safety for the continuing All (*5*) Congress (APC) major election for the Zamfara North senatorial district in Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of the state.
The sources additional disclosed that along with these reportedly killed throughout the ambush, a few of the officers had been kidnapped by the bandits.
The circumstances surrounding the assault and the identities of the victims stay unclear.
When contacted, the Zamfara State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer stated the Command was not authorised to remark on the matter, because it falls below the jurisdiction of the Zonal Command.
The Zone 10 PPRO, Abdullahi Ambursa, who confirmed the incident, nevertheless, stated he was at the moment within the hospital and wouldn’t be capable of remark additional, however promised to subject an official assertion later.
The assault has heightened rigidity in Zamfara, coming at a time when political actions and safety operations are ongoing throughout the state.
Security businesses are but to subject an official casualty determine, whereas residents have referred to as for elevated patrols on the Sokoto–Gusau freeway.
