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Bandits Kill Five Nigerian Soldiers, One Police Inspector In Zamfara Ambush by iwaeda(op): 11:38pm On Jan 19

Terrorists Kill Five Nigerian Soldiers, One Police Inspector In Zamfara Ambush, Others Injured

At least five military personnel, including Inspector Aliyu Ibrahim of 1 PMF Kaduna, were shot dead in an ambush by terrorists, locally dubbed as bandits on Monday in Zamfara State.

According to a press statement received from the 1 PMF Kaduna attached to Operation Fansan Yamma (OPFYM) in Gusau, the officers were on pass and travelling to Gusau from Bingi Kwatarkwashi in Kwatarkwashi Local Government Area when the attack occurred.

The statement said, “On reaching Gidan Goni Village via Kwatarkwashi, officers were ambushed and attacked by armed bandits. Inspector Ibrahim and five soldiers were shot dead while some yet-to-be-identified personnel sustained injuries.”

The victims and the deceased were rushed to Yeriman Bakura Specialist Hospital, Gusau, where the injured received treatment, and the corpses were deposited in the hospital morgue.

The statement added, “The squadron is in touch with police component OPFY Gusau to convey the corpse to Kaduna for a befitting burial.”

Authorities have urged residents to “remain calm” as further details of the incident are awaited.

The wireless statement reads:

“GOOD EVENING SIR X SITREP X 19/01/2026 X FOLLOWING MESSAGE RECEIVED FROM UC 1 PMF DEPLOYED TO ZAMFARA AND ATTACHED TO OPERATION FANSAN YAMMA OPFYM GUSAU x ZAMFARA STATE X REGRETABLY BE INFORMED THAT X TODAY MONDAY X BEING 19/1/2026 AT ABOUT 0830HRS X AP NO.328102 INSP ALIYU IBRAHIM FROM 1 PMF KADUNA X AND SOME MILITARY PERSONNEL WERE ON PASS AND ARE ON THEIR WAY TO GUSAU ON FROM THEIR LOCATION IN BINGI KWATARKWASHI LGA ZAMFARA STATE X ON REACHING GIDAN GONI VILLAGE VIA KWATARKWASHI X OFFICERS WERE AMBUSHED AND ATTACKED BY ARMED BANDITS X INSPR IBRAHIM X AND FIVE SOLDIERS WERE SHOT DEAD X WHILE SOME YET TO BE IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL SUSTAINED INJURIES X VICTIMS AND CORPSES WERE RUSHED TO YERIMAN BAKURA SPECIALIST HOSPITAL GUSAU X FOR TREATMENT AND THEIR CORPSES WERE DEPOSITED IN THE HOSPITAL MORGUE X MORE DETAILS ON THE INCIDENT WILL BE COMMUNICATED YOURS X AREA REMAIN CALM X ENDS X THE SQUADRON IS IN TOUCH WITH POLICE COMPONENT OPFY GUSAU X TO CONVEY THE CORPSE TO KADUNA FOR A BEFITTING BURIAL X ABOVE FOR YOUR INFORMATION AND FURTHER DIRECTIVES X PLEASE X C/ O 1 PMF KADUNA XXXXX.”

SaharaReporters had reported days ago that at least seven people were reported killed and three others abducted in a bandits attack on a border community in Sokoto State, while a separate suspected improvised explosive device (IED) explosion left five persons seriously injured in neighbouring Zamfara State on Thursday.

In Sokoto, bandits stormed Kyara village in Sabon Birni Local Government Area in the early hours of that day, killing seven residents and kidnapping three others.

The village, located near the Niger Republic border, is said to be remote and without mobile phone network coverage the report noted.

Sources said the attackers, who were reportedly in large numbers and armed with sophisticated weapons, invaded the community at about 4am, firing sporadically and causing panic among residents.

"Seven villagers were shot dead during the raid, while two others sustained gunshot injuries. An unspecified number of livestock were also rustled by the attackers," a source had said.

https://saharareporters.com/2026/01/19/breaking-terrorists-kill-five-nigerian-soldiers-one-police-inspector-zamfara-ambush

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Re: Bandits Kill Five Nigerian Soldiers, One Police Inspector In Zamfara Ambush by iwaeda(op): 8:06am On Jan 20

Nigeria is a country of insincerity. angry

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Re: Bandits Kill Five Nigerian Soldiers, One Police Inspector In Zamfara Ambush by SeeWahala: 8:27am On Jan 20

Emeka . . . Emeka . . . Emeka . . . angry

Last warning ⚠️ cheesy

Hehehe 🤭 ndi uchu 😏

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Re: Bandits Kill Five Nigerian Soldiers, One Police Inspector In Zamfara Ambush by DeltaBachelor(m): 8:28am On Jan 20

Which Band these Bandits dey on sef? Band A or What ? Them nor dey finish ?

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Re: Bandits Kill Five Nigerian Soldiers, One Police Inspector In Zamfara Ambush by osuofia2(m): 8:30am On Jan 20

Omo so much in the name of one religion,

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Re: Bandits Kill Five Nigerian Soldiers, One Police Inspector In Zamfara Ambush by Dogalmighty17: 8:31am On Jan 20

Tomorrow when they are caught, these same set of killers will be tagged repentant terrorists and freed.

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Re: Bandits Kill Five Nigerian Soldiers, One Police Inspector In Zamfara Ambush by CHRISSANCHEZ(m): 8:31am On Jan 20

Who will rescue NIGERIANS from NIGERIA??

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Re: Bandits Kill Five Nigerian Soldiers, One Police Inspector In Zamfara Ambush by b0rn2fuck(m): 8:31am On Jan 20

I condemn the killing of our soldiers, FG should declear total war against bandits and terrorisms

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Re: Bandits Kill Five Nigerian Soldiers, One Police Inspector In Zamfara Ambush by spako4(m): 8:32am On Jan 20

iwaeda:
https://saharareporters.com/2026/01/19/breaking-terrorists-kill-five-nigerian-soldiers-one-police-inspector-zamfara-ambush

It seems Sahara reporters are working with bandits.

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Re: Bandits Kill Five Nigerian Soldiers, One Police Inspector In Zamfara Ambush by classicfrank4u(m): 8:32am On Jan 20

Lol... Meanwhile the other governor is planning on granting arrested terrorists peace deal... Funny country cheesy

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Re: Bandits Kill Five Nigerian Soldiers, One Police Inspector In Zamfara Ambush by Nackzy: 8:32am On Jan 20

These guys are wasting innocent lives on a daily

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Re: Bandits Kill Five Nigerian Soldiers, One Police Inspector In Zamfara Ambush by Brendaniel: 8:33am On Jan 20

Do we still have a president?

Lanretoye:
The life of a soldier is worth more than 100 civilians bit the life of 1 bandit is worth more than 10 soldiers thats why army kill bandit and you court martial them but if bandit kill army they get amnesty and peace talk

Who is the commander in chief of the soldiers? Is it not the Tinubu you support? Are you saying Tinubu is not in charge of them again?

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Re: Bandits Kill Five Nigerian Soldiers, One Police Inspector In Zamfara Ambush by Confirm4real(m): 8:33am On Jan 20

Very soon no one will join Army again then our polithiefcians will bring their children to join cheesy

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Re: Bandits Kill Five Nigerian Soldiers, One Police Inspector In Zamfara Ambush by anonimi: 8:33am On Jan 20

DeltaBachelor:
Which Band these Bandits dey on sef? Band A or What ?

Them nor dey finish ?

How can they finish when we have a clueless, balablu propagandist president as CinC huh

Did he not negotiate with kidnappers to release a few hostages instead of killing/arresting them?

https://city1051fm.com/2025/11/26/kidnapping-spree-escalates-as-fg-negotiates-hostages-freedom/

Maxymilliano:
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has explained why he delegated some members of the party to respond to questions posed to him.
According to the former Lagos Governor, he adopted the delegation method “to show team-ship”.

Tinubu spoke at the Chatham House lecture titled: ‘Nigeria’s 2023 elections: In conversation with Bola Ahmed Tinubu’, monitored by The Nation.

At the lecture, Tinubu after his opening remarks, assigned Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai to speak on how his (Tinubu-led) government would address insecurity and asked the Director of Strategic Communication of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Dele Aleke, to respond to the question on oil theft.

https://thenationonlineng.net/why-i-delegated-el-rufai-ayade-others-to-answer-questions-at-chatham-house-tinubu/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1670262252

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Re: Bandits Kill Five Nigerian Soldiers, One Police Inspector In Zamfara Ambush by Lanretoye(m): 8:34am On Jan 20

The life of a soldier is worth more than 100 civilians bit the life of 1 bandit is worth more than 10 soldiers thats why army kill bandit and you court martial them but if bandit kill army they get amnesty and peace talk

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Re: Bandits Kill Five Nigerian Soldiers, One Police Inspector In Zamfara Ambush by Emco1: 8:34am On Jan 20

It is a lie, bandits didn't do that

Re: Bandits Kill Five Nigerian Soldiers, One Police Inspector In Zamfara Ambush by dontai(m): 8:35am On Jan 20

spako4:
It seems Sahara reporters are working with bandits.

lol, you loss ur appetite to defend, naa gaslighting remain?

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Re: Bandits Kill Five Nigerian Soldiers, One Police Inspector In Zamfara Ambush by Afonja007: 8:35am On Jan 20

Buhari will handle the security while osibanjo will take care of the economy for 8 wasted years,today Tinubu will handle columbia white while shetima will take care of his former boko members na dia we dey

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Re: Bandits Kill Five Nigerian Soldiers, One Police Inspector In Zamfara Ambush by classicfrank4u(m): 8:36am On Jan 20

spako4:
It seems Sahara reporters are working with bandits.

Is it Because they always report what your paid media houses refused to report?

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Re: Bandits Kill Five Nigerian Soldiers, One Police Inspector In Zamfara Ambush by anonimi: 8:38am On Jan 20

Brendaniel:
Do we still have a president?

Yes, we have a president who is always in France, prepping for 2027 and 3rd term agenda to be life president as Cameroon's Biya.

Why do you think he is increasing TAX burden on Nigerians and bribing politicians to join Oshiomole's Assembly of Past Criminals, APC huh

Tinubu is set to succeed where Obasanjo failed with his own 3rd term agenda despite Ghana must go bags of bribe to NASS members, thanks to Atiku's leadership of democratic forces back then in 2007.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPytmuhYDAU

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Re: Bandits Kill Five Nigerian Soldiers, One Police Inspector In Zamfara Ambush by Don27tiky(m): 8:39am On Jan 20

My own be say make no southern or Benue and plateau dey among the soldiers killed. Let the northerners who keep defending these killers enjoy what they are defending. Let known of the above states send their children as soldiers to be killed by these killers the north has been pampering

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Re: Bandits Kill Five Nigerian Soldiers, One Police Inspector In Zamfara Ambush by dederocs(m): 8:43am On Jan 20

Some demonic rabid heads will still release them tomorrow because they are friends.

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Re: Bandits Kill Five Nigerian Soldiers, One Police Inspector In Zamfara Ambush by oluwaseyi0: 8:45am On Jan 20

Yet some elements are. Ot happy about Trump strike

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Re: Bandits Kill Five Nigerian Soldiers, One Police Inspector In Zamfara Ambush by Bwanasaraw: 8:48am On Jan 20

No wonder Minister of State for Defense Bello Matawalle moved all his Children's wedding ceremony from their family compound in Zamfara State to Abuja.

The guns of those fallen Soldiers will be stolen and used for more attacks.

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Re: Bandits Kill Five Nigerian Soldiers, One Police Inspector In Zamfara Ambush by Hotice085: 8:55am On Jan 20

Only a huusa governor working with The military will eliminate bandits in the north and not Fulani Governors

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Re: Bandits Kill Five Nigerian Soldiers, One Police Inspector In Zamfara Ambush by Emmabyte: 8:58am On Jan 20

For how long will this people continue to kill Nigerians

Re: Bandits Kill Five Nigerian Soldiers, One Police Inspector In Zamfara Ambush by CodeTemplarr: 8:59am On Jan 20

This is a very painful death. That our defence apparatus has been so weakened that islamic insurgents are allowed to count scores with their lives for the sake of a reputation that can earn them amnesty is saddening at best. It simply means that bloody unislamic civillians are at the mercy of islamists in this useless union. The order of preference is :

Insurgency sponsors
Rich n protected Elites
Islamists inurgent
Radical muslims
Moderate muslims
Muslim Uniform men
Ordinary uniform men
Unislamic bloody civillians

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Re: Bandits Kill Five Nigerian Soldiers, One Police Inspector In Zamfara Ambush by KonTagiousBull: 8:59am On Jan 20

iwaeda:
https://saharareporters.com/2026/01/19/breaking-terrorists-kill-five-nigerian-soldiers-one-police-inspector-zamfara-ambush

And na screw driver seller send Intel to Trump to bomb because they don't read all these news...

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Re: Bandits Kill Five Nigerian Soldiers, One Police Inspector In Zamfara Ambush by KonTagiousBull: 9:00am On Jan 20

iwaeda:
https://saharareporters.com/2026/01/19/breaking-terrorists-kill-five-nigerian-soldiers-one-police-inspector-zamfara-ambush

And na screw driver seller send Intel to Trump to do that because they don't read all these news...

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Re: Bandits Kill Five Nigerian Soldiers, One Police Inspector In Zamfara Ambush by Sonofgod1990(m): 9:00am On Jan 20

b0rn2fuck:
I condemn the killing of our soldiers, FG should declear total war against bandits and terrorisms

Seems Nigeria government is romancing them

Re: Bandits Kill Five Nigerian Soldiers, One Police Inspector In Zamfara Ambush by Emmabyte: 9:01am On Jan 20

Those against US strike on this wicked terrorist are you people happy now with this update

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Re: Bandits Kill Five Nigerian Soldiers, One Police Inspector In Zamfara Ambush by SouthernPlateau: 9:03am On Jan 20

b0rn2fuck:
I condemn the killing of our soldiers, FG should declear total war against bandits and terrorisms

Terrorists can only be wiped out of Nigeria by Stampede retaliation. If I'm not mistaken, Shehu Sani has the same view as mine.

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