Gunmen, suspected to be bandits, killed the Divisional Police Officer for Jibiya Local Government Area of Katsina State, DSP Abdullahi Rano, in an attack at Magama-Jibia border town on Wednesday.
It was reported that Rano led a reinforcement of the police and the Nigerian Army to engage the terrorists in a fierce shoot-out during which he was shot and killed.
The Spokesman for the Katsina Police Command, SP Gambo Isah, did not issue an official statement on the incident, but he, however, posted the picture of the late DPO on his WhatsApp platform with the caption ‘RIP’.
Residents further disclosed that the terrorists first visited the house of one Haliru Mai Bakin Mai located at Magama-Jibia and abducted his wife.
They added that a soldier was injured during the attack.
It gathered that the terrorists stormed the town in numbers and started shooting sporadically.