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GOV. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has condoled with the Nigeria Police Force over bandits’ attack on Saturday in which two police officers died in Maru Local Government Area of the state.
Matawalle in a statement on Monday in Gusau by his media aide, Zailani Bappa, described the attack as callous and an act of cowardice.
He said that the government was aware of the desperate attempt by the bandits to give an impression of supremacy after they had been weakened in recent times.
The governor assured that the attack would not slow down the tempo of security operatives in exerting more pressure on the criminals.
Matawalle pledged more support to security operatives and advised citizens to be more vigilant and report any suspicious persons or movements around them.
“The state government condoles with the Nigeria Police Force, the Organised Vigilance Group and families of those who heroically lost their lives in the attack while carrying out their official duty,” he added.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that SP Kazeem Raheem, the Divisional Police Officer in Maru and Insp Rabi’u Umar were killed by the bandits during the attack.
The Commissioner of Police in Zamfara, Kolo Yusuf, had in a condolence message to the families of the deceased officers, reassured the commitment of the command to the protection of lives and property.
Yusuf said that the command had deployed a tactical team led by DCP Operations, Iliyasu Kwarbai to track the killers. (NAN)
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