Zamfara Ambush: Police Withhold Identities Of 5 Slain Officers As Families Notification Ongoing

The Nigeria Police Force, Zone 10 Command, Sokoto, has withheld the identities of the five police officers killed by suspected bandits along the Sokoto-Gusau highway, saying notification of their families was ongoing.

The Zonal Public Relations Officer, DSP Abdullahi Faruk Ambursa, told LEADERSHIP in Sokoto that the Command would not release the names of the deceased until their next-of-kin had been formally contacted.

He said, “I cannot give details of the development or the identities of the victims for now until after the investigation. We await a detailed report. Their remains have been deposited at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH) morgue.”

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