{"id":96659,"date":"2022-07-06T02:08:31","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T01:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=96659"},"modified":"2022-07-06T02:08:31","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T01:08:31","slug":"gunmen-kill-asst-commissioner-of-police-officer-in-katsina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/gunmen-kill-asst-commissioner-of-police-officer-in-katsina\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen\u00a0 kill Asst. Commissioner of Police, officer in Katsina"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Police Area Commander in Dutsinma, Katsina State Police Command, Assistant Commissioner of Police Aminu Umar, and a yet to be identified officer have been killed\u00a0 by terrorists in Zakka forest, Safana Local Government Area of the state.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The officers reportedly lost their lives in an ambush laid by the terrorists numbering over 300.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Spokesman of the command, Isa Gambo, a Superintendent of Police, who confirmed the incident, said the tragedy occurred at about 11am on Tuesday during a cross exchange of gun fire between the officers and the terrorists.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He said the ACP and his team were on clearance operation against the suspected bandits\/terrorists in Zakka forest following a tip off.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to him, the police received a distress call that gunmen on motorcycles shooting sporadically with AK47 rifles and General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMG) were in the area and responded swiftly but paid the supreme price while protecting the lives and property of citizens.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He expressed deep condolences of the state command boss, Idrisu Dabban Daudu, to the family of the deceased and reaffirmed the Nigeria Police Force&#8217;s commitment to the ongoing onslaught against terrorism in the state until it is completely routed out.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police Area Commander in Dutsinma, Katsina State Police Command, Assistant Commissioner of Police Aminu Umar, and a yet to be identified officer have been killed\u00a0 by terrorists in Zakka forest,&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gunmen\u00a0 kill Asst. 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