By Christian George
The divisional police station at Maru local government area of Zamfara State has been reportedly attacked by armed bandits which led to the killing of the Divisional Police Officer, a police sergeant, a vigilante member as well abduction of women in the state.
According to Nigerian Tribune, the DPO who was identified as Kazeem Raheem and two other policemen were said to have confronted the armed bandits and during the gun battle were shot and killed.
Report has it that the armed bandits who visited the town to abduct the residents were confronted by the force men.
Mallam Mohammed Amadu, an indegene of the village narrated that the bandits who were in large number stormed the town on Saturday night and launched an attack in the community.
He recounted that seeing the influx of the bandits, many of the residents took to their heels and hid in the bush to escape the attack while some women were abducted.
He said “on getting the information of the attack, the Divisional Police Officer of the Local Government, Kazeem Raheem, mobilized his men and some vigilantees in order to chase away the bandits but they were over powered,” adding that “the DPO, a police sergeant called Rabiu Bagobiri and one vigilante member Shehu Chika, were killed”.
However, source gathered that the spokesperson of the state police command SP Mohammed Shehu could not be reached via phone call as at the time of filling the report.
