A gang of notorious bandits, on Monday, unleashed a terror attack on Zurmi town, the headquarters of Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State, killing two police operatives and one vigilante operative.
A resident of the town, Abubakar Ishiaku told newsmen in Gusau, the State capital, that the terrorists invaded the Local Government headquarters at about 2:00 pm on Monday and started shooting indiscriminately.
Ishiaku further stated that the bandits stormed the town in their large numbers on motorcycles with sophisticated weapons.
According to him, the terrorists attacked a police officer in the area, during which they shot dead two officers identified as Ibrahim and Kabiru Shikkau.
He also said that he narrowly escaped during the attack, pointing out that many people sustained various degrees of injury during the incident.
Efforts to get reaction from the State Police Command’s spokesman, ASP Yazid Abubakar on the issue proved abortive as of the time of filing this report.