Nigeria, March 2 -- The police in Zamfara, on Saturday, said 29 people were killed by suspected armed bandits in Shinkafi Local Government Area of the state.

The police spokesperson, Muhammad Shehu, told PREMIUM TIMES that the victims, in a convoy of vehicles conveying traders from Shinkafi market on their way back to Kwari village in Shinkafi Local Government Area on February 28, were ambushed by the armed bandits.

"On 28th February, 2019 at about 2345hrs, a divisional police officer (DPO) in charge of Shinkafi received a distress call that on the same date that vehicles conveying traders from Shinkafi to Kwari village were ambushed by suspected armed bandits while coming back from SHINKAFI Market.

"The police quickly responded by lea...