{"id":3180,"date":"2025-11-26T11:38:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T11:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/?p=3180"},"modified":"2025-11-26T11:38:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T11:38:00","slug":"bandits-storm-zamfara-community-ambush-police-officer-cart-away-service-weapon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/11\/26\/bandits-storm-zamfara-community-ambush-police-officer-cart-away-service-weapon\/","title":{"rendered":"Bandits Storm Zamfara Community, Ambush Police Officer, Cart Away Service Weapon"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A mobile police operative attached to Operation Restore Peace has been gunned down in an ambush by armed bandits in Adabka village, Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State.<br \/><br \/>The incident happened on Tuesday when the officer, deployed from Mopol 15, Ilorin, left his duty location in Adabka en route to Tibis village to purchase essential supplies.<br \/><br \/>The operative was attacked at the outskirts of Adabka by armed bandits concealed in the surrounding bushes.<br \/><br \/>He said the assailants opened fire on the officer, killing him instantly before carting away his service riot gun.<br \/><br \/>\u201cField teams deployed to the scene recovered the body of the fallen operative, which was evacuated to Adabka Primary Health Care Centre for documentation,\u201d the source said.<br \/><br \/><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A mobile police operative attached to Operation Restore Peace has been gunned down in an ambush by armed bandits in Adabka village, Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State. 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