No fewer than 17 security agent has been killed by Bandits in Sokoto State.
Naijablog gathered that the incident happened on Friday evening.
According to the report nine Soldiers, Five Mobile police offers and three Nigerian Security civil Defence Corps, NSCDC Officers were killed in the Attack.
The incident was confirmed by member of Sokoto State House of Assembly representing Sabon Birni north, Aminu Gobir.
He said says 17 security agents were killed in Friday evening attack in Dama village in the state.
A security vehicle was also burnt down by the terrorists.
The lawmaker added that several security agents were yet to be accounted for since Friday after the attack.
A childhood friend to one of the civil defence officers killed during the attack, Rilwanu Nagwaria, said the slain officer he identified simply as Sulaiman died a hero.
“He paid the supreme price, he gave his life for the freedom of others….. Let’s always remember that freedom comes at a price and let’s also remember who paid the price,” Mr Nagwaria said.
A security source at the Sokoto Police Command said the corpses had been deposited at the Specialist Hospital in Sokoto
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