The Niger State Police Command, on Thursday, said a police Sergeant, Jibril Abubakar, was killed and his rifle taken away by the gunmen that attacked its Divisional Police Station at Kutigi in Lavun Local Government Area of the state.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Muhammadu Abubakar, disclosed this while addressing journalists at the command’s headquarters.
He said that the gunmen stormed Kutigi police station around 3.50 am, and shot sporadically, but were repelled by the guards on duty.
The spokesman said that the Commissioner of Police, Dibal Yakadi, had constituted a seven-man committee led by ACP Abdullahi Tahir to probe the incident and bring the perpetrators to book.
He said that the command promised N500, 000 reward to anyone with useful information that could lead to the arrest of the gunmen.
The command solicited the support of residents for vital information to assist the command in apprehending bad elements in the state.
NAN
