185 killed in Kano terror attacks -Nigeria police

The Nigera police lost 29 men in the attacks.

185 killed in Kano terror attacks – Nigeria police
Dan Azumi Lere, Kano

Kano state police commissioner, Ibrahim Idris, has confirmed that twenty nine (29) policemen, three (3) state security service officers (SSS), two immigration officers, one custom officer and a total of one hundred and fifty (150) civilians has been killed by the extremists and one journalists killed during the massacre in the state last Friday.

State police commissioner Ibrahim Idris made the statement in a press release in Kano.

Extremists launched sporadic attacks with bombs and assault rifles in various part of the state.

The Kano Police commissioner says the areas affected by the Bomb blast are the Police Zonal headquarters along BUK road, whereby a suicide bomber drove a car forcefully through the gates and detonated a bomb which destroyed part of the AIG’S building.

The statement added that some groups of terrorists launched an attack at farm centre and Zaria road police division, Immigration Passport office located at farm centre, SSS headquarters at Giginyu quarters, the official residence of the AIG Zone One and St. Louis secondary school simultaneously.

The police stated that at the command headquarters Bompai, “two cars heavily loaded with explosive devices, primed for the suicide mission were resisted by the police. The first suicide bomber drove through the JFK end of Bompai barracks when resisted by the officers on duty detonated on the road and could not have  access to the barracks”.

The press release added that the second vehicle Toyota Camry was sporadically fired into the police, ran into the wall and could not have an access into the state command headquarters. The driver, while attempting to escape was gunned down and the explosives were defused by the men of the explosive ordinance device.

He explained that the state command was able to recover ten different makes of motor vehicles comprising of Honda CRV, Toyota Camry models, Honda Brahma, Golf, and recovered them loaded with improvised explosive devices at places like Sheka quarters, NNPC Mega filling station Hotoro, Tishama Goron Dutse, Miller road and police headquarters road Bompai in the metropolis.

The release also, pointed that the command also recovered three hundred (300) Coca Cola sized cans of improvised explosive devices at various locations in the city.

Idris said Eight (8) pick milk tins of 350kg loaded with improvised explosive device, eight (8) drums sized of 350kg loaded improvised explosive devices loaded in cars in various locations in the city.

Meanwhile, The Senate President Mr David Mark says the National Assembly totally condemns the recent Bomb attack on some of the security agencies and government buildings in Kano.

Senator David Mark made the statement at a condolence visit to the government and People of Kano at government House. 

He described the attack as an unfortunate development and totally unacceptable by the People of Nigeria and every right thinking person.

Ugo