Shocking Video: Armed Men Ride Through Police Checkpoint on Zamfara-Sokoto Road

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A tense video from the Zamfara-Sokoto axis shows armed men on motorcycles gliding through a police checkpoint with apparent cooperation from officers. The footage, obtained by a local news outlet, captures dozens of masked riders brandishing weapons as uniformed officers wave them through. A witness heard in the car say in Hausa, “Bandits with their weapons are moving freely,” before another passenger urged him to stay quiet. Security sources say the incident happened recently along the busy highway linking Zamfara and Sokoto states. The video highlights growing concern over insecurity in Nigeria’s North-West and North-Central regions, where bandit attacks and kidnappings persist despite ongoing deployments of security forces.

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