Zamfara Chief of Staff survives gunmen attack

The Chief of Staff to the Zamfara State Government House, Moukhtar Lugga, narrowly escaped decease connected Thursday evening aft gunmen opened occurrence connected his conveyance on the Funtua–Gusau road.

The onslaught reportedly occurred astatine astir 6:16 p.m. adjacent Kucheri, erstwhile equipped assailants ambushed Lugga’s conveyance and fired shots from aggregate directions.

A section vigor presumption successful Zamfara State reported that the attackers surrounded the conveyance and opened occurrence successful what appeared to beryllium a coordinated assault.

However, neither Lugga nor his operator was deed by the bullets.

Sources said the operator was capable to steer the conveyance distant from the scene, escaping the ambush unhurt.

A slug spread was aboriginal seen connected the beforehand windscreen of the vehicle. Security agencies are yet to contented an authoritative connection regarding the incidental arsenic of the clip of filing this report.

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