Irate policemen on July 17 this year caused disquiet in Kaduna when they shot in the air to protest the ambush and killing of four of their colleagues by bandits while on patrol duty. The attack occurred at Tabani village in the volatile Birnin-Gwari local government area of Kaduna State. Unfortunately one of their bullets took the life of a widow.
The action of the policemen, no doubt, stemmed from frustration over the alarming rate of deadly attacks on their colleagues by armed bandits. On Monday July 4, seven policemen were shot dead at Galadimawa Roundabout in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The assailants were said to have made away with the policemen’s arms. The previous day, in another part of the capital territory, two other cops were killed at a checkpoint at the Abaji area. Just like in Galadimawa, the assailants took their victims’ arms away.
On July 15 in Edo State, four policemen from the Sabon-Ora division were killed at a junction between Oke-Ora and…
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