Bandits kill DPO in Katsina ambush, three officers injured

Muhammad Sani Sagir, the Divisional Police Officer in Rimi Native Authorities Space of Katsina State, has been killed in an ambush by suspected bandits.

The incident occurred on Friday morning in Magaji group, Majen-Gobir ward of the Native Authorities Space.

Bakatsine, a safety analyst, disclosed the event in a put up, saying Sagir and his workforce responded to a misery name over cattle rustling round 10am.

The operatives reportedly pursued the suspects into a close-by forest in a bid to get better the stolen livestock however have been stated to have come below heavy gunfire in the course of the operation.

Sagir sustained vital accidents and later died, whereas three different cops and a girl have been wounded within the assault. The assailants reportedly fled with further cattle and livestock.

Bakatsine stated one bandit was killed in the course of the confrontation and among the rustled animals have been recovered.

The injured victims have been taken to a close-by hospital for remedy, whereas authorities have launched a manhunt for the fleeing attackers because the group reels from the ambush.