By Muhammed Abubakar, Reporting
Suspected bandits have killed an immigration officer, injured two others during an ambush on the immigration patrol base in Birniwa Local Government Area of Jigawa State.
The Comptroller of the Nigerian Immigration Service in the state, ACG Ismail Abba Aliyu, disclosed the incident in a news conference on Wednesday.
He said the suspected bandits ambushed the officers who were on patrol along the Galadi-Birniwa axis on Tuesday night.
He said the bandits who were about about five stormed the patrol base on two motorbikes and started shooting at the officers.
“One was carrying three people and the other one was carrying two people and immediately on arrival, they opened fire on the Immigration officers on patrol, which resulted in the death of one of the staff named Abdullahi Mohammed (CIA) while two others sustained bullet injuries,” he Aliyu noted.
He identified the injured officers as Abba Musa Kiyawa and Zubairu Garba, while three others it was gathered fled during the attack.
The gunmen were said to have dispersed into the bush after exchanging gunfire with the officers, leaving their motorcycles and phones behind.
The two injured officers are responding to treatment in a medical facility in Jigawa State, the comptroller further noted.
He stated that the Command would submit the recovered handsets and motorcycles to the police for additional investigation, just as he urged residents of the state to assist the law enforcement agencies in the provision of information as regards the activities of criminals.
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