Bandits on Treetop Kill Policeman, Injure 3 Others in Niger

Bandits have developed a new strategy of attacking their victims in Niger State as a gang of Gunmen attacked and killed a Police Inspector from the top of a tree and injured three other police officers.

It was learnt that the policemen deployed to protect travellers along Minna-Suleja road were attacked Tuesday evening at Kaffinkoro junction on the busy highway.

The policemen were said to be standing patrolling the highway when the bandits pumped bullets on them from the top of a tree where they were hiding, leaving the Inspector dead and injuring three others.

The name of the deceased Inspector was given as Mohammed Mohammed, while the injured policemen were rushed to the IBB Specialist hospital, Minna by good Samaritans.

Mohammed has since been buried according to Islamic rites.

An uncle of the diseased and former Speaker of Niger State House of Assembly, Ndanusa Hassan, confirmed the incident.