Nigerian police withhold identities of five officers killed in ambush
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Leadership
The Nigerian police are withholding the identities of five officers killed in an ambush on the road between Sokoto and Gusau while their families are informed. The officers were travelling to Zamfara to provide security for an All Progressives Congress (APC) primary, Leadership reports, adding that their bodies were taken to Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital.
The Nigerian police have refused to disclose the identities of the five officers killed in an ambush in Zamfara State until their families have been informed, the daily Leadership reports. Abdullahi Faruk Ambursa, the police spokesperson for Zone 10, said the bodies had been transferred to the morgue at Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital in Sokoto.
The five officers were part of a team travelling from Sokoto to Gusau to provide security for a primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in northern Zamfara. The attack took place on 2 November on the Gidan Kano-Kwanar Sado road, in Maradun district; five other officers were injured, according to Leadership. Police have opened an investigation and are searching for the attackers.
