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Bandits in Zamfara State have killed eight security personnel, comprising policemen and members of the Zamfara State Community Protection Guard (CPG), popularly known as ‘Askarawa.’

A security official confirmed the development to SaharaReporters on Thursday.

The forces were ambushed by the dare-devil bandits on the Funtuwa-Gusau road in the state.

The Governor of Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal, has also confirmed the incident in a statement issued in Hausa, which translates to English as follows: “Indeed, we belong to Allah and to Him, we shall return. We received the news with great sadness that bandits ambushed and attacked a police convoy and our Community Protection Guard personnel on the Funtuwa-Gusau road, killing eight officers.

“May Allah have mercy on them and grant their families and loved ones patience in this loss.

“We pray to Allah to bring an end to this security problem in Zamfara State, the North, and Nigeria as a whole."

SaharaReporters earlier reported that bandits on Thursday morning stormed a mosque in Maradawa, Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara State, abducting several worshippers during the early morning Subhi prayers.

Witnesses said the assailants, who arrived in large numbers, surrounded the mosque and whisked away an unspecified number of people before fleeing into the nearby forest.

The attack has thrown the community into panic, with residents anxiously awaiting updates on the fate of the abducted worshippers.

As of press time, neither security agencies nor the Zamfara State Government had issued an official statement regarding the incident.

Efforts to secure the release of the victims are reportedly underway.

In a similar incident, on September 26, 2025, bandits stormed a mosque in Yandoto community, Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, killing at least five worshippers and abducting several others.

kettykin:
At the rate this is going, the north might eventually disappear before 10 years if nothing drastic happens. APC has tragically turned Nigeria into a titanic scale disaster .

chiagozien:
Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is the problem

Racoon:
See as the thread dry like bonga fish as par it is not happening in Eastern Nigeria and Zamfara as hotbed of terrorism, terrorists can come have "peace meeting" with the affected community and go away. The evil you supports will consume all who supports it.

CrownedPhoenix:
You guys need to stop injecting Kanu in every conversation.

As much as I believe in the right of any one people to determine their identity, Kanu's was wrong in many of his approaches before that retard in Finland continued unabated.

I hope he gets released soon.

chiagozien:
Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is the cause.


He was wrong in his approach and your Nigeria government was right in their approach of murdering his unarmed followers in hundreds.

CrownedPhoenix:
My Nigerian government? Nah..

As much as I am proudly Nigerian, it doesn't mean all Americans agree with everything Trump is doing.