He was killed in the early hours of Friday on his way from Kuta to Allawa, his home town, the official confirmed further.
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DSP Wasiu Abiodun, spokesman, Niger state Police Command, said this in a statement on Friday in Minna.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Monday-Bala Kuryas, confirmed the killing to the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday.
Several other members of the Joint Security Task Force were also seriously injured and are receiving treatment in Minna.
Alhaji Ahmed Inga, the Director-General of the agency, revealed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday.
This was contained in information made available to the media on Monday by the Coalition of Shiroro Association.
Galadima, a final year HND student of Regional Planning at the Niger State Polytechnic, Zungeru, spoke on Thursday.
A number of the villagers are said to be missing, while several others fled to neighbouring communities for safety.
The incident came on the heels of the restoration of armed security operatives to Bassa, Gurmana and Kukoki areas of the LGA
Bello in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mary Noel-Berje, in Minna on Friday assured communities of Bassa, Zumba and others in Shiroro and Munya local government areas under siege by bandits that the joint military task force bases in the area have not been deserted.
The entire military camp was razed by the bandits who invaded the base at about 2am when soldiers had just returned from patrol.
The attack, which was confirmed by the Co-convener of Concerned Shiroro Youths, Sani Abubakar Kokki, was carried out out at about 5am.
Our correspondent gathered that the figure of killed persons rose from 15 when the attack was first reported earlier in the week as the bandits attacked more villages