Ahmed Jubril, Gusau
The Zamfara State Police Command has said that five persons were killed in Gidan Halilu village in Birnin-Magaji Local Government Area of the state in an attack by hoodlums.
The victims were killed when people suspected to be bandits swooped on Gidan Halilu Village in Birnin Magaji Local Government Area, last December 19, attacked the villagers with dangerous weapons, killing five persons in the process and leaving one other injured.
The Public Relations Officer of the Command, Muhammad Shehu, a Superintendent of Police, who confirmed the incident in a statement in Gusau, however, assured that normalcy had returned with security beef up and surveillance of the area and surrounding bushes.
“We wish to confirm that on December 19, a group of armed bandits attacked some villagers of Gidan Halilu Village in Billashe district of Birnin Magaji Local Government Area in their farms.
“On receiving the report, the command mobilised teams of Police Mobile Force, Counter Terrorism Unit and conventional personnel headed by the Area commander, Kaura Namoda Police Area Command, to the affected community.”
According to him corpses of the five persons were recovered and taken to a hospital in Birnin Magaji while the injured was also admitted for treatment.
Shehu stated that the area has been placed on extensive surveillance and bush combing with a to prevent further attacks on innocent villagers.
Also, fear-reduction and confidence-building patrols and stop-and-search exercise, were ongoing to keep the area safe, he added.
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