The Commissioner of Police in Sokoto State, Mohammed Abdulkadir, has confirmed the killing of two mobile police officers by suspected armed robbers in the early hours of Monday. Mr. Abdulkadir, who addressed journalists in Sokoto on the incident, said that police officers were on duty as the robbers came in a vehicle, overpowered the policeman and then killed them with a gun. “We will disclose the identities of the policemen killed after duly informing their various families. Their remains had been deposited at the Usman Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto”, he added.
