Gunmen Kill 8 In Zamfara, As Matawalle Signs Pact On Surveillance Helicopters - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 14, 2020
Armed bandits have killed abouteight members of vigilante group otherwise known as Yan Sakai in Wanke districtof Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara state.
Residents said gunmen attackedGobirawa village and took away about 11 cows and other animals after chasingpeople out of their homes.
The gunmen also killed a prominentleader of the vigilante called Bala Maigora. Some of the vigilante members fromother neighbouring communities mobilized to Gobirawa for assistance, but thearmed men laid an ambush, killing eight of them.
The State Police Command SpokesmanMuhammad Shehu, said members of a group of local militia known as Yansakai whopursued the rustlers were ambushed. As a result, four members of the Yansakai,including their commander popularly known as Bala Maigora were killed.
Meanwhile, the state governor BelloMohammed Matawalle has signed a memorandum of understanding with a company inDubai, Worldwide Jet Aviation SA, for the supply of surveillance helicopters.