Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed an Assistant Superintendent of Police, Samaila Sule, and five others, while several villagers were abducted as the gunmen attacked Farin Ruwa village in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
Some community members said that the attack happened on January 5, when armed bandits invaded the community and overpowered the security personnel, adding that the attack was terrible.
They explained that it was revealed that the corpse of Samaila Sule, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, was recovered at the scene after the attack.
The bodies of five other villagers were also found following the incident, the villagers lamented.
“During the attack, the gunmen reportedly seized Sule’s AK-47 rifle along with 30 rounds of live ammunition,” they added.