Categories: News

DCP Abba Kyari Loses 4 Men in Kaduna Ambush

Segun Atanda/

Four officers attached to the Intelligence Response Team of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), led by DCP Abba Kyari, have been killed in an ambush while pursuing kidnappers in Kaduna State.

The police identified the slain officers as “AP/No. 148333, Inspr. Benard Odibo; AP/No. 181539, Inspr. Mamman Abubakar; AP/No. 192938, Inspr. Haruna Ibrahim, and F/No. 267815, Sgt. Emmanuel Istifanus.

Police authorities in a terse statement told NewsmakersNG today how the men were killed.

Some of the slain officers

The statement says: “Sequel to the Kidnapping of Sheikh Ahmad Adam Algarkawy in Rigasa area of Kaduna State on 2/8/18 and his subsequent release after a ransom was paid. In follow up to the case on 11/8/18, IRT operatives arrested two of the kidnappers in a remote settlement inside Rigasa Forrest Kaduna State. As members of the team were coming out of the bush with the arrested kidnappers, other gang-members hiding inside the bush ambushed the IRT team and opened fire which resulted in the death of 4 IRT operatives…
“Bodies of the deceased operatives were deposited at Saint Gerald Hospital Mortuary Kaduna State for an autopsy. Very serious efforts in progress to get the killers to Justice.”
The other fallen heroes.

0
Newsmakers

Recent Posts

Anti-Graft DG Resigns after Setting the World on Fire with High Profile Serial Sexcapades in Equatorial Guinea

Matilda Omonaiye/ The Director General of the National Financial Investigation Agency in Equatorial Guinea, Baltasar…

4 hours ago

Aquitane Oil & Gas Accuses Zenith Bank of Forgery, Alleges ₦1.4 Billion Dividend Theft, Unauthorized Sale of Collateral Shares

Segun Atanda/ In a scandal shaking Nigeria’s financial sector, Aquitane Oil & Gas Ltd., a…

7 hours ago

Quincy Jones: Legendary American Music Producer behind Michael Jackson’s Thriller Dies at 91

Segun Atanda with AP/ After a career spanning 70 years, Quincy Delight Jones, Jr., the…

2 days ago

Tinubu’s Team Hits Atiku, Defends Economic Reforms

Segun Atanda/ The presidency has hit back at former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, dismissing his…

2 days ago

UN in Nigeria: Charting a Path Towards a Brighter Future

By Mohamed Malick Fall/ The indescribable destruction caused by the first and second world wars…

2 days ago

Kemi Badenoch Becomes UK Conservative Party’s First Black Leader

Segun Atanda/ Kemi Badenoch has been elected the new UK Conservative leader. The former business…

3 days ago