Policemen on patrol
A
gang of gunmen, on Thursday in Kano, ambushed and injured nine riot
police officers in a truck on their way to their duty posts.
The nine injured riot policemen have
been admitted to the Armed Forces Specialist Hospital, Kano for
treatment, while one of them, with severe injury, was transferred to the
Dala Orthopedic Hospital for specialist treatment.
It was learnt that the policemen were
attacked at Dorayi at about 7.30am and are now lying critically ill at
the hospital, as doctors battled to save their lives.
Two days ago, a female police officer,
Maimuna Yusuf, was also attacked and shot dead by gunmen at the GSM
Village at Farm Centre, as she was fixing her car.
Meanwhile, no arrest has been made as
the militants were said to have disappeared into a crowd, making
difficult for other officers to confront them adequately in order to
avoid civilian casualties.
It was learnt that some unspecified
number of civilians, mostly passers- by, were reportedly hit by stray
bullets, allegedly fired by the militants, according to spokesman for
the Kako State Police Command, Magaji Majiya.
The scene of the attack was cordoned off
immediately by the JTF and Police and combed for possible suspects.
Majiya said there was no arrest yet.
One of the injured police victims on
admission at the Armed Forces Specialist Hospital, who demanded
anonymity, said but for the courage of the driver, who was able to
control the truck after it was hit Several times by explosives and
bullets, they would have all been killed. He said the driver’s bravery
prevented the truck from somersaulting as they all laid flat to avoid
been hit by bullets.
The Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso and former Lagos governor, Bolaji Tinubu visited the victims in the hospital.
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