Seven policemen were ambushed and killed on Monday evening by bandits along Tofa – Magami Road, Gusau in Zamfara State.
A top police source told The Nation yesterday that the burnt body of one of the policemen was packed in a sack by the bandits.
The source spoke just as the Inspector-General of Police Alkali Usman yesterday expressed worry over incessant police fatality.
Another source said that a patrol van used by the policemen in Gusau was also set ablaze by the bandits.
“The bandits were in large number. They engaged the Police operatives in a gun battle and as a result, seven of them were killed on the spot. The van used by the policemen was also burnt,” the source added.
He said that the remains of the policemen were taken to the mortuary of Yarima Bakura Specialist Hospital in Gusau, the state capital.
The spokesperson for the state Police Command, Mohammed Shehu, confirmed the incident
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- Police to acquire new fighting equipment
Force Police Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, said yesterday in a statement that the police were procuring new crime-fighting equipment to further check the loss of officers and men.
Mba said: “The Inspector-General of Police is concerned about the life and well-being of every police officer. Because the IGP stands *in loco parentis* to all police officers in Nigeria, he is deeply touched whenever and wherever a police officer loses his life- whether on-duty or off-duty.
“Consequently, the Police leadership is working round-the-clock to reduce to the barest minimum, incidents of police fatality.
“New crime-fighting tools and equipment such as Armoured Personnel Carriers, bulletproof vests, bulletproof helmets, and other modern crime-fighting gadgets are being acquired to improve police efficiency and to harden police personnel and facilities, thereby reducing police vulnerability to incidents of attack.
“We are also conducting regular tactical training to improve the competence of our men and their capacity to police emerging violent crimes.
“We are also strengthening our intelligence capacity to be able to conduct proactive and intelligence-led raids on violent criminals to forestall their attack on innocent citizens and security operatives.”
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