Police Confirm The Killing Of Six Farmers In Zamfara State

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Police Confirm The Killing Of Six Farmers In Zamfara State

The Zamfara State police command has confirmed the attack on Danjibga
community in Tsafe Local Government Area of the state where six farmers
were said to have been killed by suspected bandits.  

Danjibga is located 35 kilometers south of the state capital, Gusau,
and has witnessed repeated attacks by bandits in recent times. The
spokesperson of the command, Muhammad Shehu, said he could not confirm
media reports of the recovery of 59 corpses of suspected bandits said to
have been killed during in a gun battle with operatives of the
Operation Sharen Daji.

He said, “The Divisional Police Officer attached to Tsafe Local
Government has confirmed to the command that six farmers were found dead
shortly after the attack.  “But on the other 59 suspected bandits, I
can’t confirm to you that we recovered their bodies because it is a
joint operation.” AFP had reported that at least 59 “bandits” were
killed by a civilian task force when they attacked a village in the
state.  

“We killed 59 of the bandits and we lost seven men in the fight,
which lasted for almost four hours,” Bube Shehu, a resident of Danjibga
village, had told AFP. Local reports said the death toll could be even
higher after a local government official said 15 other bandits were
killed in the nearby village of Danmarke.  

Shehu’s account was backed by a military officer in the state but
there was no immediate corroboration from police.  The villagers were
said to have been frustrated at the lack of protection from security
forces and had been forced to take matters into their own hands.

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