Crime
Police officer killed in fresh bandits attack on station
A police officer was reportedly killed on Saturday when suspected bandits invaded a police station in Marraraban— Jos village in Kaduna in an attempt to free some detainees being held at the station.
It was gathered that the bandits attacked the station on Saturday in an attempt to release their detained colleagues.
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A former senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, disclosed this in a tweet on his Twitter account.
He wrote, “Bandits raided a police formation in Marraraban-Jos village in the Outskirts of Kaduna in an attempt to free their detained men and they killed a police officer in Kundun-Zungeru, Niger State, the birthplace of the late President (Nnamdi) Azikiwe. The bandits and the police are battling.
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