Nigeria, Jan. 29 -- Bandits ambushed a police patrol team on the Guga-Bakori road in Katsina State on Tuesday, killing three officers, including an assistant superintendent of police (ASP), and injuring two others, police authorities have confirmed.

The attack occurred around 12:30 p.m. near Guga in Faskari Local Government Area as a five-member team from the 27 Police Mobile Force (PMF) unit, based at Guga Camp, was returning from a routine market-day patrol in an armoured personnel carrier (APC).

According to a source familiar with the incident, who spoke to PREMIUM TIMES on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter, the bandits - two assailants riding on a motorcycle - trailed the police vehicle and opened fire, pun...