BY KINGSLEY OMONOBI
KANO—Kano State police command yesterday gave an insight to how some unidentified gunmen killed Commander, Mobile Police 9 Unit, Dahiru Ibrahim at his private residence located at Sabuwar Gandu on Monday.

The Commissioner of Police, Musa Daura said that “Ibrahim was not with his escorts at the time of the incident”, adding that “the tragic incident was a fulfiment of destiny.”

According to him, “the incident occured after the police top management meeting of which the slain officer was in attendance. Unknown to him, assailants were laying siege at his private residence.

The assailants opened fire on him at close range when he alighted from his car to open the gate to his private residence and he slumped and died instantly. We deployed personnel to the scene of the crime on short notice, cordoned off the area for stop and search that led to the arrest of suspects.

Those in our custody are undergoing interogation. We will leave no stone unturned in our quest to arrest and bring to justice perpetrators of this heinous crime against humanity.”

Meantime, there is now uneasy calm in the state following the killing of the senior police officer, as the city had witnessed increased activties on criminal hide outs by security agents. Sporadic shooting was heard in the neighborhood of Ungwa-Uku area yesterday, forcing residents to stay in dooor.