ACP Escapes Death As Gunmen Kill Corporal In Lafia

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ACP Escapes Death As Gunmen Kill Corporal In Lafia

The Police on Thursday confirmed the death of a Corporal attached to ACP Ibrahim Tarfa, the officer in charge of Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Nasarawa State.


The Police spokesman in the state, ASP Ismaila Numan, who confirmed the incident to newsmen in Lafia, said the corporal was killed on Wednesday by gunmen.


Numan said Tarfa sustained bullet wound during a gun battle between the attackers and the police.


He said the gunmen, suspected to be assassins, stormed the ACP’s residence along Shendam road, Lafia, at about 2:00 a.m., scaled the fence and shot dead the corporal.
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He, however, said that Tarfa was responding to treatment in an undisclosed hospital. (NAN)