No fewer than three policemen were, on Tuesday, reported killed after gunmen attacked a checkpoint in Tsafe local government area of Zamfara state.
According to a reliable source, the police officers were conducting a stop-and-search operation along the Funtua-Gudau Highway when the bandits struck, adding that the checkpoint, which is located less than 2 kilometres away from Tsafe town, was attacked around 1 p.m.
He said, “Three Policemen were said to have been killed while the driver of the police patrol van and five other Policemen ran into the bush for safety.
“While the driver was later found unconscious in the bush and rushed to Tsafe General Hospital, the whereabouts of the remaining five Policemen could not be ascertained.
“The police driver is currently receiving medical attention at the hospital. The man was still unconscious as at the time I went to the hospital. He could not sit properly.”
“We learnt that the bandits kept their motorbikes in the nearby farms away from the check-point and then trek to the location and killed three of them.
Another source told the newsmen that the Policemen on duty during the attack were nine, saying, “I passed them few minutes before the unfortunate attack. The incident occurred 30 minutes after I passed the check-point.”
However, the Zamfara State Police Command is yet to react to the latest incident in the rising wave of insecurity affecting the state.
