ZAMFARA POLICE COMMAND REPELS ATTACK ON MAGAMI COMMUNITY IN GUSAU

*NEUETRALISES UNSPECIFIED NUMBER OF BANDITS ,

*LOSES TWO PERSONNEL, URGES RESIDENTS TO REMAIN CALM AS SITUATION IS UNDER CONTROL.

Yesterday in the night, the Command received a report that Bandits in their number stormed Magami town in Gusau LGA with intend to attack the community of the area. The Commissioner of Police, CP Hussaini Rabiu psc, directed Police Tactical units comprising of PMF/CTU/Special Forces and Operation Puff Adder based in the area to synergise and ensure protection of lives and properties of the people.

The Tactical units moved in courageously and engaged the assailants to a gun duel. As a result of the encounter, the attack was successfully repelled, while unspecified number of bandits were neutralised with many of them escaped with a possible gun shot wounds.

Unfortunately, two of our Police operatives paid the supreme price while defending the innocent members of the communities. No loss of live from the side of the communities.

The Commissioner of Police further deployed additional tactical operatives to the area to complement the ongoing bush combing operations aimed at forestalling further attacks on the nearby villages.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police has reiterated his warning to all the recalcitrant armed bandits to either surrender their arms and embrace peace or face the unpredictable consequences. The CP also called on the Police operatives in the command to defend themselves and the community aggressively in any engagement with bandits and ensure that they dominate the ungoverned spaces on a continuous basis. He further thanked the officers and men for their resilience.

SP Mohammed Shehu ANIPR,
PPRO,
For:- Commissioner of Police,
Zamfara State Command
Gusau