The ancient city of Kano was in mourning mood today as unknown gun men suspected to be members of Bko Haram killed two police men at Kofar Dawanau axis of the city.
The Police men were on special assignment with officials of Polio Immunization Programme.
The gun men who trailed and ambushed the police men on foot also made away with their guns.
A woman believed to be an official of the immunization programme was hit by bullet.
She is receiving treatment in a Kano hospital.
The sad incident occurred mid-day at the Kofar Dawanau area in the popular Dawanau grain market in the suburb of the state capital.
The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris confirmed the incident to Pointblanknews.com in a telephone chat. According to him, the deceased officers were attached to the Immunization Task Force and were on that assignment when they received a distress call.
“It was in response to the distress call that they were ambushed by their attackers who shot and killed the two police men instantly while a woman also identified as a member of the immunization team sustained gun shot injury and is currently on admission for medical treatment.”
As at the time of this report, men of the military Joint Task Force (JTF) were known to have moved to the scene of the incident which they have cordoned off while the police said they have spread their dragnet to track down the perpetrators of the crime.
It was also gathered that following the attack which is the first in recent times, security personnel have started combing suspected flashpoints believed to be hideouts of local terrorists.
It was gathered that following recent attacks in Maiduguri and Mubi in Adamawa state which claimed several lives, security in Kano has heightened with improved surveillance and vehicular patrol by uniform men.
Armoured Personnel Carriers have also been deployed to sensitive areas, including the University community of Kabuga, the Federal College of Education, Kano and the Federal College of Education in Bichi, Kano state University of Science and Technology in Wudil, the state Polytechnic in the heart of the city, apparently to forestall a replay of the Mubi massacre of students