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Eight security personnel killed in central Nigeria ambush
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KANO, 01 August 2022, (TON): A local government spokesman said “gunmen killed eight Nigerian security personnel, including three policemen and five vigilantes, in an ambush in a central state.”
Onogwu Muhammed, Kogi state governor’s spokesman, said “in the attack, gunmen suspected to be bandits ambushed and killed eight security officers in Ajaokuta local government area.”
No group claimed responsibility for the attack but Kogi has seen an uptick in attacks recently, including some claimed by Daesh terrorists operating outside their usual base in the northeast.
Security will be a major issue in next February’s election to replace President Muhammadu Buhari, who is under increasing pressure over the country’s worsening violence.
The statement said “Kogi state governor Yahaya Bello suspended a traditional chief of the area and questioned the political administrator of the district over Saturday’s killings.
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