The Zamfara State police command said normalcy has returned to the state with improved police deployment to villages prone to bandits attacks and other flash points.
In a statement by the spokesman of the command, SP Muhammad Shehu, the police said the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Department of Operation, DIG Habila Joshak had been on ground, taking full control of the security situation.
Joshak was deployed to the state to restore normalcy.
The police said unidentified armed men on motorcycles had simultaneously attacked five villages namely: Malikawa, Gidan Makera, Gyaddu, Gemawa and kunkumawa in Gidan Goga district of Maradun LGA.
“On the spur of the moment, combined teams of PMF, CTU, ‘F’ SARS and conventional police personnel headed by DPO Maradun, mobilised to the affected villages to repel the attack and assess the level of damage.
“On arrival of the police joint teams, they embarked on coordinated bush combing of the affected villages and environs with a view to prevent further attack and arrest the perpetrators.
“While profiling the level of damage, total number of 12 people were found to have been killed with 4 others injured. Normalcy has been restored in the affected villages, while rigorous patrols and stop and search are ongoing,” the statement further said.
