- Team conducting stop-and-search operation on Bunza – Dankingari- Koko road encountered suspected bandits in a Toyota Corolla
- Confrontation resulted in heavy gunfire between the two parties
The Kebbi State Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has officially announced that two of its personnel were fatally shot by gunmen believed to be bandits within the state on Thursday.
Assistant Superintendent of Customs, Mubarak Mustapha, the spokesperson for the state’s command, verified this information through a press release provided to journalists on Friday morning.
The statement verified that the team, which was conducting a stop-and-search operation along the Bunza – Dankingari- Koko road, encountered a group of suspected bandits driving a Toyota Corolla car. This led to a confrontation involving gunfire.
“On Thursday, 24th August 2023, at about 0128hrs, a team of Kebbi Area Command officers and men of the Nigeria Customs, while on a stop-and-search operation based on credible information along Bunza – Dakingari – Koko Road, were engaged with heavy gunfire by suspected bandits in an ash-coloured Toyota Corolla vehicle.
“In the melee that ensued, two personnel of the Command, named Alhaji Kabiru Shehu, an Inspector of Customs and Abdullahi Muhammad, a Customs Assistant II, paid the supreme price.
“The officers have since been laid to rest according to Islamic rites.
“While praying for the repose of the deceased, the Command has launched a manhunt for the suspects with the view to arrest and prosecute them”