The Zamfara State Police command says its personnel have killed 30 hoodlums, while others escaped to the forest.
A statement by the Public Relations Officer, SP Mohammed said, in the early hours of Tuesday, the police received a distress call about ongoing simultaneous attacks on Gobirawa, Gora, Rini, and Madoti Dankule villages of Maradun and Bakura Local Government Areas of Zamfara State.
It said, tactical operatives of the command which includes Puff Adder, Special Forces, Police Mobile Force, PMF and Counter Terrorilism Unit, CTU led by the Commander, 78 Police Mobile Force, PMF, arrived at the scenes and engaged the attackers in a gun duel.
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The Police statement further said, in the course of chasing the assailants out of the villages, the operatives discovered about 10 corpses of the villagers littered at the different theatres of engagements.
It added that mop up operation is ongoing to arrest the perpetrators of the dastardly act.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Zamfara State Command, Abutu Yaro, has reiterated his warning to all the armed bandits to either surrender and embrace peace, or face the unpredictable consequences.
He has also enjoined Police operatives to defend themselves aggressively in any engagement with bandits, and ensure that they dominate the ungoverned spaces continuously.
CP Yaro thanked the officers for their resilience.
(Editor: Nkoli Omhoudu)
