Seven police personnel were killed by suspected bandits along the Tofa-Magami Road in the Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
According to reports, the incident occurred about 6pm on Monday when the police personnel went to the area on patrol mission.
“The bandits ambushed the police personnel, killed seven of them and set their operational vehicle ablaze,” a resident of the area said.
He stated that the bandits who were in large number engaged the police operatives in a gun battle, as a result of which seven of the police personnel were killed on the spot.
“I saw their dead bodies being evacuated to Gusau,” said Sani.
The spokesperson of the Yarima Bakura Specialist Hospital, Gusau, Awwal Ruwan-doruwa confirmed that seven dead bodies of the slain police operatives were brought to the hospital.
