Bandits have killed eight members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) in Dan Loto village, Tsafe Local Government of Zamfara state.
Two weeks ago, terrorists attacked a mosque in the state killing five worshipers including an Imam in the local government.
Our source revealed that the members of the CJTF were ambushed by the bandits while responding to a distress call on the bandits attempting to unleash terror on the Dan Loto community.
According to a local, the CJTF personnel were killed, while exchanging fire with the bandits.
“Probably the bandits got prior information about the coming of the CJTF personnel, hence ambushed them. If not because the bandits overpowered the civilian JTF, the latter could have drafted the latter.
“The bandits killed them and disappeared. They only targeted the CJTF personnel and after they killed five of them, they went back to the bush; they have not attacked residents of the community,” he said.
A resident of Yandoton Daji community, said the affected community and environs have been thrown into confusion by the attack.
He said the remains of the victims have been recovered from the scene of the attack and buried according to Islamic rites.
“The community was terrified by the attack. They were lucky, the bandits did not attack the village or kidnap anyone,” he said.
