Some Nigerian soldiers at Zurak Kampani, Wase Local Government Area of Plateau state have been ambushed by some yet to be identified bandits in the State.
According to locals, the bandits had come to the community when the locals were busy in market activities and attacked them
Wase Local Government Area Headquarters is 100 km drive to Zurak Kampani community.
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A source told Newsmen that the bandits killed one soldier and injured one other, saying that the soldiers stationed in the area repelled the attack. He stated that a day before the ambush, bandits stormed Pinau village of the same local government area, and rustled over 500 cattle.
He lamented that Wase communities have of recent been experiencing banditry activities in recent time, forcing many to flee their homes for safety.
However, the spokesperson of a multi-security taskforce, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), Major Ishaku Takwa, who confirmed the ambush, said no soldier was killed in the incident and explained that the taskforce has been able to maintain peace in the state.
In another report, no fewer than 11 locals were killed yesterday as bandits attacked Dangulbi community in Maru Local Government Area (LGA) of Zamfara State as insecurity intensified in the area.
Sources told Africa Today News, New York, that the incident happened late Sunday when the terrorists loyal to a notorious kingpin Damina attacked farmers while they were on their farmland – an incident that left several others unaccounted for.
Dangulbi is about 100km away from Gusau, the Zamfara state capital.
The spokesperson for the Zamfara State Police Command, Mohammed Shehu, confirmed the casualty figure to Channels Television on Monday morning via a telephone chat.
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He stated that the police authorities have since deployed a reinforcement team to the area to restore calm and normalcy in the community.
According to Shehu, the police tactical operatives have begun a confidence-building patrol in the affected community.
‘The one at our disposal is 11 people (killed) and the command has already sent a reinforcement team to the affected community and the reinforcing team has been able to return normalcy in the area,’ said the police public relations officer in the state. “They are currently on confidence-building patrol and there is relative normalcy in that axis.