A mobile police operative attached to Operation Restore Peace has been gunned down in an ambush by armed bandits in Adabka village, Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State.

The incident, according to popular security expert Zagazola Makam happened on Tuesday when the officer, deployed from Mopol 15, Ilorin, left his duty location in Adabka en route to Tibis village to purchase essential supplies.

Quoting security sources Zagazola said the operative was attacked at the outskirts of Adabka by armed bandits concealed in the surrounding bushes.

He said the assailants opened fire on the officer, killing him instantly before carting away his service riot gun.

“Field teams deployed to the scene recovered the body of the fallen operative, which was evacuated to Adabka Primary Health Care Centre for documentation,” the source said.