when unknown gunmen killed an intelligent officer attached to the
Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corp, his wife, three year old
child and a physically challenged younger brother.
Security sources told Vanguard that the gunmen had arrived the
residence of the late Intelligent officer identified as Ismaila Yerima
on two motorbikes, secured entrance to the building and opened fire on
those found at home during the attack.
Other family members killed during the attack were Aisha, his wife;
Khadija, three years old daughter and Adam, the physically challenged
younger brother to the late officer.
The security sources confided in Vanguard that the attack lasted
barely five minutes, adding that the sporadic gunshot triggered
pandemonium around the vicinity as the assailants escaped in the
ensuing confusion.
Vanguard learnt that neighbours' locked up their gates and remained
indoors until the arrival of security agents to the area, who met the
entire family dead in a pool of their blood.
While the incident lasted, a military helicopter was seen hovering
round the city in a futile attempt to track the assailant as
businesses suffered momentary set back in the area.
Ismaila Yerima's colleagues, who pleaded anonymity told Vanguard that
the late Yerima must have been mistaken for a State Security Service,
SSS operative, adding "he always appeared in suit and was very popular
in the area."
By ABDULSALAM MOHAMMED
However, officials of the Civil Defence sector Command in Kano are
keeping sealed lips over the tragic incident as efforts made to get
confirmation from them was rebuffed.
But the Kano police Command, which confirmed the incident, said
investigation has begun to unravel the mystery with the hope of
bringing the perpetrators to book.
Kano Police Commissioner, Mr Ibrahim Idris told newsmen that adequate
security measures had been put in place to track down the fleeing
assailant, adding that everything humanly possible was being done to
arrest them.
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