Mohammed Shosanya
The Nigerian Customs Service,Thursday lost two officers after the deceased and their colleagues were attacked during patrol along Dakingari-Koko road in Kebbi State.
The two officers,who were identified as Abdullahi Mohammed, Customs Assistant II and A. K. Shehu, Inspector Customs, were killed at about 1:30a.m. on Thursday after they attacked their patrol vehicle.
The suspected bandits, after attacking the team on patrol, carted away with one of the deceased’s rifles, AK-47.
Kebbi State Governor,Nasir Idris,confirmed the death of the officers and described the development as pathetic, after attending their funeral session.
Idris,who was represented during the funeral held at the Sir Yahaya Memorial Hospital in Birnin Kebbi by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Yakubu Bala-Tafida, prayed Almighty Allah to forgive the deceased and grant them Jannatul Firdaus.
He sympathized with the deceased’s 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 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 added
Idris assured all security agencies working in the state of government’s continues support for intensive security operations and intelligence gathering towards mitigating the nefarious activities of bandits and other criminal elements across the state.
