Members of Nigeria's deadly islamist militant sect today trailed a police detective Alhaji Kewaye and fired several shots at him at close range bnefore escaping into the crowded Rigasa neighborhood in Kaduna.
Members of Nigeria's deadly islamist militant sect today trailed a police detective Alhaji Kewaye and fired several shots at him at close range bnefore escaping into the crowded Rigasa neighborhood in Kaduna.
A security source told Saharareporters that shots were fired at the detective on his way home from work by the sect's "terminator squad" riding on a motorbike.
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However, detective Kewaye survived the attack and has been taken to an undisclosed hospital where he is in critical condition.
A security source told SaharaReporters that a security patrol team comprising of secret police, regular police and soldiers have been drafted to Rigasa neighborhood of Kaduna in search of suspected sect members involved in the attack.
A senior police officer was recently shot dead in front of his family members by sect members of the "Rigasa cell". The Rigasa area reportedly has more active Boko Haram members than any other area in the North aside from Maiduguri, Borno State.
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Security operatives claimed they made several arrests of commercial bike riders.The source also added that military action may be underway to quell the insurgency in Rigasa area as some 15 persons have been shot execution-style in the area in the past two weeks alone.
The fatalities include police officers and persons suspected to be police informants.
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