Five police officers have reportedly been killed, while several others sustained injuries after bandits ambushed a security team along the Gusau-Sokoto highway in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
The attack occurred on Monday morning at Gidan Kano, as the officers travelled in an 18-seater bus belonging to the Zamfara State Transport Authority. They were reportedly heading to provide security for the APC senatorial rerun primary in Zamfara North Senatorial District.
Eyewitness accounts gave conflicting casualty figures, with one source reporting five officers killed and another claiming that eight were killed, while some personnel were allegedly abducted.
In a related incident, bandits attacked telecommunications workers at Tungan Tama village, along the same highway, killing one person and injuring several others.
The back-to-back attacks have heightened concerns over the worsening security situation along the Gusau-Sokoto highway, where travellers, residents and workers have increasingly faced ambushes, kidnappings and other violent attacks.
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