Bandits Kill 2 Immigration Officers, Abduct Others At Checkpoint In Sokoto

The Sokoto State Police Command has confirmed an attack by bandits on an Immigration checkpoint at Mamman Suka village in Gwadabawa Local Government Area of the state.

The gunmen stormed the checkpoint point along Sokoto/ Illela road at around 7 pm on Friday, July 28, 2023, shot dead two Immigration officers, and abducted others.

Spokesman of the command, ASP Ahmad Rufa’i, who confirmed the incident to the newsmen on Sunday morning, said that some other officers who sustained gunshot injuries were rushed to Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital Sokoto.

The image maker said five rifles were recorded by the immigration officers from the gunmen and were currently at the immigration headquarters office in the state.

Meanwhile, the Public Relations Officer of Nigeria Immigration Service Illela Border Command, Bello Mohammed, also confirmed the incident.

“We are currently in hospital please with the wounded, I will give you a call later. We are sorting out things to know the degree of the attack and the number of casualties,” he said.

One of the deceased has been identified as Bello Adamu (Bello Anka).