Gunmen have reportedly killed 20 people after ambushing a convoy of traders travelling under military escort in Zamfara state.
According to Reuters, the traders were heading to Nasarawa
market in Bukkuyum LGA from Gwashi on Saturday, when they were attacked at
about 2pm.
The publication reported that four soldiers, three police
officers and an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC)
were among those killed, alongside 12 civilians.
A military source told Reuters that 19 people were also
wounded in the attack.
The incident adds to a series of violent attacks in Zamfara
in recent months.
It comes about a month after gunmen abducted six Islamic
clerics along the Dakko-Damri feeder road in Bakura LGA of Zamfara.
Yazid Abubakar, the state’s police spokesperson, said the
clerics were travelling to Talata Mafara when armed bandits intercepted their
vehicle.
Abubakar said the assailants, reportedly armed with
sophisticated weapons, ambushed the vehicle and abducted the six victims, all
of whom were identified as imams.
In June, seven students of the Federal Polytechnic, Kaura
Namoda, were abducted by suspected bandits.
Abubakar had told TheCable that the gunmen abducted the
students during an attack on their residence in the Low-Cost area of Kaura
Namoda town.
The police spokesperson said preliminary findings showed
that one of the students stepped outside during the night and inadvertently
left the door open.
Abubakar said operatives of the command’s violent crime
response unit (VCRU) had teamed up with troops of Operation Fansan Yamma to
track down the abductors and secure the victims’ release.
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