The Commissioner of Police in Zamfara State, CP Muhammad Dalijan, has confirmed the killing of seven security operatives, making up three soldiers and four policemen, by suspected terrorists in the early hours of Thursday on the highway along Gusau to safe- Local Government Area of the State.
He confirmed this while Fielding questions from Journalists shortly after the Zamfara State Government provided operational patrol vehicles for the sixteen Divisional Offices in the State.
The CP further said that four Policemen and three soldiers were confirmed killed by the bandits while on their operational duty along the Gusau – Tsafe highway.
CP Dalijan explained that the suspected terrorists had wanted to enter the Setraco construction company camp working along the Gusau- Funtua highway when they heard the information and quickly sent their men, which the terrorists laid ambush on them and engaged in a gun battle with the terrorists. Unfortunately, they lost four policemen and three soldiers.
The Zamfara State Police boss reiterated the commitment of the Nigerian police force to reduce the casualties of its personnel who are waging the ongoing war against banditry and other crimes in the State through training.