On Thursday, Suspected terrorists killed nine soldiers in Sunke village in Anka local government area of Zamfara state.
Reports said the dozens of unidentified gunmen arrived on motorcycles, firing at the soldiers and policemen stationed at the community. The community is 30 km south of Anka town, the local government headquarters.
However, highly placed sources within state government said that the attack was retaliation on the earlier killings of repentant bandits by the soldiers in recent time.
“Soldiers killed some of the repentant bandits and they vowed to avenge the attacks.The repentant bandits mobilized their men and raided the army formation in the village,” the source added.
The gunmen said they were heading to Birnin Gwari in the neighbouring Kaduna state. The attacks on soldiers came barely two weeks after the state government raised alarm over possible attacks on seven local government areas by suspected Boko Haram members.
When the spokesperson of Operation Hadarin Daji in the state, captain Oni Orisan was contacted he said: “Give me sometimes I will get back to you. Later he did not return multiple calls by our correspondent up to the time of filing this report.”
