Insecurity
Bandits Ambush Retired General, Abduct Scores In Zamfara Fresh Attack
The attack comes days after bandits killed at least eight CPG personnel and a commercial driver in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara.
Gusau, Zamfara State– Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Sunday shot General Lawal B. Muhammad (rtd), the Director General of the Zamfara State Community Protection Guards (CPG), during an attack on motorists along the Funtua-Tsafe road.
It was gathered that the incident occurred in Kucheri village, Tsafe Local Government Area, a region plagued by rising insecurity.
Eyewitnesses reported that the bandits blocked the busy highway late in the evening, targeting vehicles and abducting scores of passengers.
Daily Trust reports that a source from the Zamfara State Ministry of Internal Security, who preferred anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to press, confirmed the incident and said the DG was receiving medical treatment at a Hospital in Gusau, the state capital.
“It is confirmed that the bandits shot DG Community Protection Guards and he is currently receiving treatment at Yariman Bakura Specialist Hospital,” the source said.
The attack comes days after bandits killed at least eight CPG personnel and a commercial driver in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara.
Eyewitness accounts revealed that the bandits ambushed the CPG personnel before killing them.
The bandits also engaged soldiers in a gun duel at Unguwar Chida village, killing a commercial driver and injuring three soldiers.
Unguwar Chida is a village just a few metres away from Magazu on the same Funtua-Gusau road.
The two separate attacks, according to a resident of Unguwar Chida, were carried out almost at the same time.
Reacting to that attack, the General who was shot, had said, “After I realised that bandits have made operations in Tsafe a routine exercise, I deployed 105 CPG personnel to the local government and stationed them at this particular point to protect travellers.
“Unfortunately, the bandits on Sunday ambushed my boys. I suspect that the bandits slept there because my boys used to go there early in the morning. So, while my boys were about to come down from their patrol van, the bandits opened fire and killed some of them on the spot. It is quite unfortunate,” he added.
