By our reporter| Kebbi State Deputy Governor, Sama’ila Yombe Dabai has recounted his ordeal after bandits ambushed his entourage in Kanya, Waje District of Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of the State killing many security operatives attached to him.
The attack occurred on Tuesday, March 8, 2022.
The governor in an audio interview said the bandits came with sophisticated weapons and mixed up with the villagers.
“The bandits mixed up with the inhabitants of Kanya in such a way that it is difficult to differentiate and fight them. So, I advised my security team that we pull out of the community so that we could pull them along and separate them from the inhabitants.
“The bandits were equipped with PSA AK-P and much heavier calibre weapons than AK-47. Despite this, the soldiers stoop up and matched them.
“I doff my cap for the soldiers at Zuru Battalion who were few compared to the number of the terrorists.
“From the gunshots, you will assume they were 200 or 250 terrorists. And the soldiers were a unit of about 30 troops, escorting the commanding officer.”
When asked the number of casualties, the deputy governor, who lamented the spate of informants revealing movement of troops and vigilante groups, said he doesn’t have a figure and he is not in the position to provide the figure.
However, the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the deputy governor on New Media, Atom Turba, in a statement on Wednesday night said the security aide attached to the Deputy Governor, ASP Idris Libata alongside 18 other military personnel were killed in the attack.
He added that the bandits attacked when the deputy governor was in the company of Commanding officer 223 light Tank Battalion Zuru and they were returning from a visit to various military formations.
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