Bandits have killed Assistant Commissioner of Police Aminu Umar Dayi, the Dutsinma Area Commander of the Nigerian Police in Katsina State.
According to information obtained by DAILY POST, the deceased assistant commissioner of police organised an assault on a bandit hideaway in the Safana woodland, where he and another officer paid the ultimate price after being defeated by the thugs in a bloody gunfight on Tuesday.
While on a clearance operation of recalcitrant bandits/terrorists in Zakka forest in Safana LGA of Katsina State, the late Aminu and his team were ambushed by over 300 bandits riding on motorcycles with AK-47 rifles and General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMG), according to SP Gambo, spokesman of the Katsina Command, who confirmed the report. This resulted in the deaths of the Area Commander and one other
The Nigeria Police Force is committed to continuing its fight against terrorism in the state until it is completely eradicated, and the commissioner of police, CP Idrisu Dabban Dauda, has expressed this on behalf of the officers and men of the command. He has also prayed to Allah to grant the departed's souls rest in Jannatul Firdausi.
According to Islamic law, the late Aminu will be laid to rest on Wednesday in his birthplace of Dayi, Malumfashi, Katsina State.