On Saturday night, terrorists attacked the headquarters of Maru Local Government in Zamfara State, killed the Divisional Police Officer, Kazeem Raheem, and two others.
The terrorists stormed Maru in their numbers shooting sporadically, and forcing residents to scamper for safety.
Raheem mobilized his men and some local vigilantes to repel the bandits when he got the information, however, he, a sergeant, Rabiu Bagobiri, and one vigilante, Shehu Chuka, were killed by the terrorists.
The spokesperson of the Zamfara State Police Command, SP Mohammed Shehu, who confirmed the incident to ChannelsTV, said police authorities in the state are currently in Maru for an on-the-spot assessment.
“We are currently in Maru, I will get back to you when we returned to Gusau,” SP Shehu told our correspondent.
An anonymous source also confirmed to ChannelsTV that an unspecified number of residents were also abducted in the attack.
“They abducted people, but no exact number so far, they are still searching for people that ran for their lives.”
