At least eight security personnel, including police officers and members of the Zamfara State Community Protection Guard (CPG), also known as ‘Askarawa,’ were killed in a brutal bandit attack on the Funtuwa-Gusau road in Zamfara State. The incident was confirmed by a security official and later acknowledged by Governor Dauda Lawal.
The governor expressed deep sorrow over the loss, saying, “We received the news with great sadness that bandits ambushed a police convoy and our Community Protection Guard personnel, killing eight officers. May Allah grant their families patience and mercy, and may He bring an end to insecurity in Zamfara, the North, and Nigeria as a whole.”
Earlier on Thursday, bandits also stormed a mosque in Maradawa, Gusau Local Government Area, abducting several worshippers during early morning prayers. Witnesses reported that the assailants arrived in large numbers, surrounded the mosque, and forcibly took an unspecified number of people before fleeing into nearby forests.
The attacks have thrown local communities into panic, and authorities are reportedly working to secure the release of the abducted individuals. This follows a similar mosque attack on September 26, 2025, in Yandoto, Tsafe Local Government Area, where at least five worshippers were killed and several others abducted.
