9 security guards shot dead in Zamfara

At least nine local security guards were killed in an ambush by a group of armed men in Zamfara State, northwest Nigeria, Governor Dauda Lawal announced.

The civilian guards, part of the state’s Protection of Communities program, were targeted at a security checkpoint on the outskirts of Tsafe, a town in the same region, Lawal said.

“The bandit’s attack on our guards is a cowardly act,” he said, adding that the assailants were repelled thanks to the intervention of troops deployed in the state.

In addition, the governor mentioned that other agents were injured in the attack, without giving further details.