Kebbi State Police Command has confirmed the killing of four persons, one indigene and three staff of the Airtel Company.
The incident occurred late evening on Saturday according to the statement by the Command’s Public Relations officer, SP Nafi’u Abubakar in Birnin Kebbi.
SP Abubakar added that suspected Lakurawa bandits invaded a construction site at Gumki Village under Arewa local government area of Kebbi State and killed four people, an indigene of the area and three staff of Airtel Company.
Their corpses were deposited at Sir Yahaya Memorial Hospital in Birnin Kebbi and handed over to their respective families.
The statement further indicated that the commissioner of police, Bello M. Sani alongside with the Comptroller of immigration Service (CIS) Muhammad Bashir Lawal visited the scene and facilitated the conveyance of the deceased to Birnin Kebbi Hospital.
The CP summoned other security heads to a security meeting to beef up state security.
