Gunmen Set Ablaze Zamfara Police Station, Kill DCO

Gunmen have allegedly murdered a Divisional Crime Officer in charge of Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State and reportedly set the police station ablaze.

A resident of the crime area, Mohammed Ibrahim, told The PUNCH on the phone that the gunmen, who were in large numbers and armed with sophisticated weapons, invaded Zurmi town, the headquarters of Zurmi LGA around 5 pm on Sunday.

He said immediately the gunmen arrived at Zurmi town, they went straight to the police station where they began to shoot sporadically,  killing the DCO and injuring other police officers in the process before setting the police station on fire.

Ibrahim opined that the bandits attacked the police station following the killing of three of their men by the vigilantes.

“For this reason, the bandits mobilised themselves in large numbers and headed to the police station in Zurmi, thinking that their kinsman, who was arrested by the vigilantes and the police, was in the custody of the police.

“Immediately they arrived at the police station, they opened fire, killing the DCO and injuring other policemen. They went into the police station to look for their kinsman but could not see him, as such, they set the place on fire.

“As I am talking to you now, the military personnel have arrived at the town while the bandits have since returned to the forest.”

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