Bandits reportedly led by a notorious kingpin, Gwaska Dankarami, have launched an attacked in Zurmi town, the headquarters of Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara state, setting ablaze four operational vehicles belonging to security operatives.
According to a resident of the community, Malam Musa Aliyu Zurmi, who confirmed the incident to journalists in a telephone interview on Thursday 14th December 2023 revealed that the armed bandits numbering about a hundred stormed the town around 4pm Tuesday, December 12, wielding sophisticated arms.
“They attacked the military base and police divisional headquarters and two operational vehicles of the military and two belonging to police were burnt to ashes during the invasion,” We are living out of fear of further reprisal attack as the terrorists abducted 10 people during the attack in Zurmi, including a nursing mother, her husband and her baby”. Aliyu added.
He further disclosed that the armed terrorists engaged in a gun duel with security operatives for over two hours stating that four operational vehicles belonging to the military and police were set on fire during the attack.
He said that many people in Zurmi town have fled to Dauran and Kaura Namoda to seek refuge. Aliyu stated further that troops had been reinforced in the area and some of them were in the forest to trail the terrorists.
