- Bandits have killed SP Kazeem Raheem, a Divisional Police Officer in Maru town, headquarters of Maru local government area of Zamfara state.
Raheem was killed alongside a yet to be identified police sergeant and a vigilante.
A resident, who craved for anonymity, told ANN that the criminals had invaded the town to Kidnap a businessman identified as Alhaji Iliyasu.
The armed men had earlier abducted his brother who was reportedly freed after ransom was paid. They came again to kidnap him but he managed to escape, while they took his wife.
The DPO mobilized his men to foil the attempt by the criminals to kidnap the businessman but lost his life in the gunfight.
