Bandits Kill Eight Members Of Zamfara State-Owned Security Outfit During Ambush
The Commander of the Community Protection Guards in the state, Brigadier General Mohammed Lawal confirmed the incident to Channels TV.
No fewer than eight personnel of the Zamfara State Security Outfit popularly known as Askarawa have been killed by gunmen suspected to be bandits.
It was learnt that the members of Community Protection Guards established by Governor Dauda Lawal to complement the efforts of other security agencies in the state were killed in an ambush.
The Commander of the Community Protection Guards in the state, Brigadier General Mohammed Lawal confirmed the incident to Channels TV.
He affirmed that the personnel were ambushed at their checkpoint, a few kilometers outskirt of Tsafe town, the headquarters of Tsafe Local Government Area. Adding that the personnel were deployed to the area due to the incessant abduction of travelers along the Gusau-Funtua Highway which has reduced drastically since their deployment
“When I got to know about the bandits’ route around that area which they used to kidnap travelers, I told the Governor and we deployed the CPGs to that side, armed with two Hilux vehicles; the area is covered by mountains.
“For about two months now, they have been there, they will resume early in the morning and vacate the place around 6:30pm for other patrols. Since then, kidnappings along that axis have been reduced.”
“The bandits slept in a community around the area. In the morning when the Hilux vehicle dropped the first set to our personnel and returned to pick others, the bandits who had already laid ambush opened fire on them and unfortunately, we lost eight of our men, and one traveller was also shot.
“As they (bandits) are also planning, we are also planning because I just discovered another route where the bandits block the road to kidnap people around Wanzamai. We will not relent and Insha Allah we will flush them out of this state,” he said.
