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From Olanrewaju Lawal, Birnin Kebbi
Suspected gunmen believed to be Lakurawa terrorists have burnt a police border checkpoint along the Bakin Ruwa–Maje road in Bagudo Local Government, Kebbi State and killed two police officers.
The assailants, after killing the officers, also burnt down the tent used by the officers at the checkpoint.-35
A video of the burnt checkpoint were seen circulating on the social media platforms in the state.
This was the third attacks along the Bakin Ruwa–Maje border, where gunmen killed officers of the Nigeria Customs Service and the Nigeria Immigration Service before the latest attack on the police.
According to witnesses, the gunmen arrived in large numbers and opened fire, shooting indiscriminately at the checkpoint.
Kebbi State Police Public Relations Officer(PPRO), SP Bashir Usman, said the attack by the assailants ,resulted to the death of two officers who were on duty. He added that the gunmen also set the checkpoint tents ablaze. “They killed two of our officers and burnt down the checkpoint, but the police are on top of the situation. I will issue further details,” he said.
