Gunmen attack Jigawa anti-banditory office, kill three

A deadly attack on the Jigawa State Anti-Banditry, Anti-Kidnapping, and Robbery group’s office in Ringim has left three people dead, including two operatives and a passerby.  

According to counter-insurgency expert Zagazola Makama, intelligence sources confirmed that the attack took place around 8:40 p.m. on Wednesday at CGC Junction along Dutse Road.

Reports indicate that about ten assailants, who arrived in a black Toyota Sienna, launched a sudden assault on the office, opening fire on the security personnel.

The attack resulted in the deaths of two operatives of the security group, while a bystander caught in the crossfire also lost his life. The assailants fled the scene before security reinforcements could arrive.

“The assailants shot two members of the group, led by Alhaji Yusuf Wakili (alias Rago), as well as a passerby. They also vandalized the Hilux patrol vehicle attached to the group, smashing all its windscreens,” a source disclosed.

Security personnel, led by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), were deployed to the scene, but the attackers had already fled. Five empty shells of 7.62mm ammunition were recovered.

The victims; Shu’aibu Bulo, 30, and Manu Ya’u, 30, both from Majiyawa village in Ringim Local Government Area, and Inusa Jibrin, 35, from Gaya Local Government Area of Kano State were taken to Ringim General Hospital, where they were confirmed dead.

Their remains were later handed over to their families for burial according to Islamic rites.

Authorities have yet to release an official statement on the incident, and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.