Five Police Officers Killed in Bandit Attack in Nigeria

Five police officers were feared dead following an attack by suspected bandits on their convoy while traveling from Sokoto State to Zamfara State for a special duty assignment. The ambush occurred on Sunday when the officers, traveling in three vehicles, were attacked by armed assailants.

An officer who escaped the attack confirmed that the gunmen opened fire on the third vehicle in the convoy, resulting in the deaths of five colleagues. Videos circulating online depicted the lifeless bodies of some officers inside a vehicle, reportedly with their hands and legs tied with ropes, and their belongings scattered at the scene, with visible bloodstains on the vehicle.

Efforts to contact the spokesperson for police zone 10, ASP Abdallah Faruku, were unsuccessful as his phone could not be reached at the time of reporting.