Gunmen Attack Former IG, Ibrahim Coomassie’s House, Kill Policeman

Two hoodlums riding on a motorbike at the weekend attacked the policemen posted on guard duty at the residence of a former Inspector General of Police (IG), Alhaji Ibrahim Coomasie, in Katsina.

The incident, THISDAY gathered, took place at about 8p.m. last Saturday.

Coomasie who also holds a traditional title of Sardaunan Katsina, is the Chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF).

THISDAY gathered that the hoodlums met a stiff resistance from the policemen who prevented them from having access into the residence.

According to a statement signed by the spokesman of the Katsina State Police Command, Gambo Isha, yesterday during the gun duel, one Sergeant Musa Ibrahim attached to 27 Police Mobile Squadron, Katsina gallantly lost his life.

The statement revealed that police patrols teams led by the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Besen Dabiya-Gwana, arrived at the scene when the hoodlums had escaped.

It was also learnt that the corpse of the deceased policeman had been deposited at the mortuary of Katsina General Hospital.

However, the other injured policeman, Corporal Shitu Maikudi, was hit by a stray bullet on his leg when he was coming out of the residence in mufti.

The injured police officer was also rushed to General Hospital Katsina for treatment.

The police also recovered 18 empty shells of expended ammunition at the scene of the incident.

The police spokesman said the command was assiduously making efforts to arrest the fleeing hoodlums and recover their operational arms.

He also assured the indigenes of the state to go about their lawful business without any fear as the command was on top of the situation.