29 persons have been killed following attacks by suspected bandits in Shinkafi area of Zamfara state, the Police confirms.
The spokesperson for the police in the state, Muhammad Shehu, told Premium Times that the victims were attacked by the bandits in a convoy of vehicles conveying traders from Shinkafi market on their way back to Kwari village in Shinkafi on February 28.
“On 28th February 2019 at about 2345hrs, a divisional police officer (DPO) in charge of Shinkafi received a distress call that on the same date that vehicles conveying traders from Shinkafi to Kwari village were ambushed by suspected armed bandits while coming back from SHINKAFI Market.”
Shehu further explained that Police personnel quickly responded by leading a Joint team of PMF/CTU and Military “to the scene of the incident with a view to ascertaining the authenticity of the report and take action that will restore normalcy in the area and its environs and further arrest the perpetrators of the dastardly act.”
On getting to the scene, he said 13 corpses were found, while 16 other corpses, mostly members of civilian JTF, were later discovered littered as the surrounding bush was combed by the joint security operatives.
