Suspected bandits kill two customs officers, cart away AK-47 rifles in Kebbi

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Suspected bandits kill two customs officers, cart away AK-47 rifles in Kebbi

Suspected bandits have killed two officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NSC), Abdullahi Mohammed, and A. K. Shehu, in Kebbi State.

Mohammed, Customs Assistant II, and Shehu, Inspector Customs, were killed ON Thursday morning, August 24, 2023, at about 1:30a.m. on Dakingari-Koko road while on patrol.

The suspected bandits, after attacking the team on patrol, carted away with one of the deceased's rifles, AK-47.

The Kebbi State Government has expressed serious concern over the killing of the customs officers.

Speaking shortly after attending the funeral prayer for the deceased held at Sir Yahaya Memorial Hospital in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday, Gov. Nasir Idris described the development as pathetic.

The governor, who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Yakubu Bala-Tafida, prayed to Almighty Allah to forgive the deceased and grant them Jannatul Firdaus.

He, on behalf of the state government, commiserated with the deceased immediate families as well as the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and assured that the state government would provide temporary support to the deceased families.

"On behalf of the Kebbi State Government, we wish to tender our condolences to the immediate families and the Nigeria Customs Service, we urge you to accept what happened in good faith as nobody will live beyond his/her destined time. May Allah forgive their shortcomings," he prayed.

Gov. Idris assured all security agencies working in the state of the government's continued support for intensive security operations and intelligence gathering towards mitigating the nefarious activities of bandits and other criminal elements across the state.

Those in attendance are Head of Service (HOS) Safiyanu Garba-Bena, Permanent Secretary Cabinet Garba Muazu, Director Security Alhaji Abdulrahman and Alhaji Ahmed Idris Chief Press Secretary to the Governor.