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Customs officer killed in bandits attack on Katsina checkpoint

A Customs officer was killed on Thursday when a cohort of over 40 bandits attacked a joint security checkpoint set up next to the 35 Battali...

Chima Joseph Ugo
Chima Joseph Ugo - Editor-in-chief September 29, 2022
Updated September 29, 2022 at 3:38 PM
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A Customs officer was killed on Thursday when a cohort of over 40 bandits attacked a joint security checkpoint set up next to the 35 Battalion of the Nigerian Army along the Katsina-Jibia Road.

A security source told newsmen on the phone that the hoodlums stormed the area at about 2:00 am, riding on motorbikes with sophisticated weapons.

During the operation, which lasted for around 30 minutes, the group purportedly belonging to a notorious Sokoto State bandit boss, Solar, assassinated the officer, Abbo, an indigene of Benue State.

“The terrorists also carted away the rifle attached to the deceased Customs officer.

“I am sure that these terrorists were here just to test ground on how best to enter the newly established Katsina Correctional Service building that’s directly facing the Katsina Army Barracks.

“The firepower of the terrorists is superior to that of the whole security personnel mounting the checkpoint,” the source said.

This attack came three days after police inspector, Idris Musa, was also killed by a terrorist gang in Makera Quarters, Kwakware Community along Katsina-Jibia Road.

An eyewitness told newsmen that the terrorists arrived in the community today at about 7:00 am, shooting sporadically through in an attempt to chase a bus conveying some passengers.

According to him, efforts by the deceased to repel them, however, proved abortive when the terrorists laid an ambush on him which resulted in his death.

He added that the terrorists burnt down the deceased’s vehicle before they eventually abducted an unspecified number of passengers and took them to the bush.
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