A Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Sakaba divisional police headquarters of the Kebbi State police command, identified as Jimoh Abdullahi, his orderly and eight other policemen, reportedly lost their lives on Sunday in a gun battle armed bandits.
The state police command has confirmed the killing, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
Nafi’u Abubakar, a Deputy Superintendent of Police and spokesperson for the police command “DPO Sakaba, eight other policemen and two ‘Yan-sa-kais, lost their lives during a gun duel with the bandits on Sunday at about 14:30 hours
Sources said the bandits on Sunday attacked Dankolo, Sakaba, Makuku, Dokar Kambari and Kurmin Hodo villages in Sakaba Local Government Area of the state, during which an unspecified number of residents of the villages were also killed.
A resident, Salisu Adamu, said: “Bandits attacked our villages around 8:00 a.m. Please we need your prayers.They have killed DPO Jimoh Abdullahi, other policemen and two ’Yan sa Kais’. Please we need your prayers. They killed seven people in Inana village alone.
“They carted away thousands of cattle from Dankolo, Sakaba, Makuku, Dokar Kambari and Kurmin Hodo villages and many food items as they came with more than 100 motorcycles, well-armed.
They started shooting sporadically which prompted the village people to flee for safety in different directions. The DPO, his orderly, one inspector and seven mobile policemen are still not accounted for. We don’t know whether they are dead or alive,” he said.
Chief of Sakaba Chiefdom, Alhaji Ladan Musa Mohammed, , described the attack as disheartening.
