A gang of suspected terrorists have reportedly killed a Divisional Police Officer, DPO, Tuesday night in an attack on Jibia town, Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State.
The murdered DPO, a Superintendent of Police identified as A. A. Rano, was until his death, in charge of the Divisional Police Headquarters in Jibia, a town on Nigeria’s border with Niger Republic.
Unconfirmed reports said a soldier was also killed and another injured in the attack.
Although the casualty on the part of the gunmen could not be ascertained, residents said a soldier was also killed and another injured.
Police and military authorities in the state have yet to confirm the incident. Neither the Police Public Relations Officer in Katsina, Gambo Isah, nor the Police Force Public Relations Officer, CP Frank Mba, could be reached on the development as of the time of filing this report.
The injured military operative, said to be an officer of the Nigerian Army, was reportedly shot in the leg.
Residents said the terrorists attacked the town on Tuesday night and began to fire sporadic gunshots to cause panic among the people.
They were, however, engaged in a fierce gunfight by a joint team of security operatives comprising police and military personnel.
The gunmen, they stated, fled the town after the attack but not without abducting the wife of a yet-to-be-identified businessman in the town.
