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17 People Confirmed Dead in Fresh Zamfara Armed Bandits Attack

Farouk Mohammed
By Farouk Mohammed
Published: December 24, 2018
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17 people were killed in an attack by armed bandits on a community in Zamfara state.

The attack occurred in Magami Village, Faru District of Maradun Local Government Area of the state.

The police in Zamfara confirmed the attack in a statement by the police spokesperson, Muhammed Shehu, saying the attack occurred on Saturday evening.

The spokesperson revealed that more police officers have been deployed to the area.

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Mr Shehu also revealed the Acting Governor of Zamfara State, Sanusi Rikiji; the police commissioner and other heads of security agencies were at the scene in the early hours of Sunday.

Mr Shehu said that the officials were there “for on the spot assessment with a view to putting in more proactive security measures that will bring lasting solutions to the security challenges in the area and other parts of the state,”.

“In view of the visit, the commissioner of police has deployed additional unit of Tactical teams which comprises PMF/CTU Personnel to the affected area to complement the existing security emplacement.

“The unit of the PMF/CTU personnel has already arrived the village and they were directed to operate in collaboration with the military and other security personnel to restore normalcy and prevent any security threat by any disgruntled person or group of persons.

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“While the command condoles the government and people of Zamfara State over the unfortunate incident, it has also vowed to arrest and bring to justice the perpetrators of this dastardly act.

“The command in this regard appeals for continued collaboration with all the security agencies in the state to bring lasting peace, safety and security to Zamfara State,” the spokesperson said.

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