The Niger State Police Command has arrested four soldiers in connection with the alleged killing of an officer of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency in the state. The suspects are: Sani Munzani, 24, from Kano State, Abubakar Auwalu, 26, from Kano State, Abubakar Sani, 23, from Kebbi State and Muazu Hassan, 22, from Edo State The state Police command made this disclosure in a statement through its Public Relations Officer , SP Wasiu Abiodun, in Minna.
'In the course of this, there was an argument and altercation, and after the search, the suspected soldiers left the scene and returned with additional men, reinforced to the scene for an alleged attack,” he said. Unfortunately, during the fight, an officer of the NDLEA, Kingsley Chimetalo, was stabbed in the back with a jack-knife by one of the suspects, and his rifle was taken away, the state police spokesman revealed.