Zamfara State Commissioner of Police, Muhammad Shehu Dalinja, has confirmed the killing of five police officers and two soldiers by ravaging bandits in Tsafe Local Government Area of the state.
He said that the bandits ambushed the security operatives along Gusau-Funtua road, adding that the terrorists blocked the highway.
According to the state police boss, the bandits planned to attack a construction company working along the highway.
Dalinja explained that joint security forces of the police and the soldiers mobilized to the scene, stressing that the bandits had laid an ambush and opened fire on them.
