By HARUNA AHMED, Duste-
Suspected robbers have killed three persons in Birnin Kudu Local Government Area of Jigawa State.
The spokesman of the Jigawa State Police Command, DSP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed the incident in a statement on Wednesday in Dutse.
“Yesterday (Tuesday); at about 8:00 p.m., information received from Iggi village that three gunmen were sighted on one motorcycle at Iyayi area of Bauchi State, approaching Iggi village of Birnin Kudu LGA through Babuwawa village”, DSP Shiisu said.
He said: “On receipt of the information, patrol team was mobilised to the area and all security stakeholders alerted, especially the vigilante.
“At about 10:15 p.m., a distress call received from Warwade axis of Birninkudu that same gunmen had snatched a motorcycle from an unknown person”.
Shiisu said the suspected robbers allegedly fire several shots on an oncoming vehicle conveying four passengers.
He said the robbers shot dead the driver, one Hassan Garba and two passengers, identified as Garba Maiwake and Shehu Saidu.
The spokesman said the corpses had been deposited at the morgue, Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Birnin Kudu, adding that the Command had intensified patrol to arrest the fleeing suspects.
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