No fewer than four officers of the Nigeria Customs Service have been abducted by suspected bandits at the Dan-Bedi Checkpoint along Mallamawa Danbedi axis in Jibia, Katsina, a border town with the Republic of Niger.
The Customs officers, as learnt were abducted on Wednesday morning along with an unspecified number of unsuspecting travellers on the Jibia – Batsari highway.
One of the residents disclosed that the bandits riding on motorcycles arrived at the customs checkpoint, overpowered the officers and disappeared with them into a nearby forest.
“The bandits in their numbers riding on motorcycles, arrived at the Customs checkpoint, overpowered the officers, seized their weapons and finally fired gunshots sporadically into the air thereby disappearing with them into nearby forest popularly known as ‘Rugu’.”
As at press time, the spokesperson of the state command of the Nigeria Customs Service was yet to confirm the incidence after promising that he will confirm it after hearing from the office.
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