Terrorists, yesterday, ambushed a security outpost and killed a policeman, Inspector Idris Musa at Makera village, along the Katsina-Jibia road, Katsina State.
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The terrorists, it was learnt, also abducted several passengers plying the road and moved them into a forest, which shares a border with Jibia Local Council.
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A source from the area said the terrorists took security personnel stationed at the outpost unawares, and that they met little resistance during the attack.
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He added that the terrorists also set the deceased policeman’s vehicle ablaze, before kidnapping an unspecified number of passengers and moving them into the forest.
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He lamented that such attacks and abductions had become frequent in recent times, even as he called on the government to restrategise to effectively tackle the security situation.
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The terrorists had also abducted several passengers and were almost moving them into the forest when they were accosted by a security unit dispatched to the scene.
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The incident happened a few weeks after a state-owned commercial coaster bus was attacked by terrorists who they shot and killed the driver.
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There were reports of similar attacks on security outposts and abduction of passengers along the Katsina-Jibia road in the past.
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This is in spite of the presence of more than 12 security checkpoints, consisting of police, customs and military, which dot the approximately 50-kilometre road.
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Spokesperson for the Command, Gambo Isah was yet to respond to an inquiry on the issue at press time.