A soldier and two policemen were reportedly killed during
an exchange of gunfire with a gang of suspected armed robbers in Saminaka, Lere
Local Government area of Kaduna State on Thursday night.
A resident of Saminaka, who preferred
anonymity, said that the robbers stormed three commercial banks in the town at
about 9.00p.m. on Thursday and explosions were heard till about 2.00 a.m. on
Friday as the security agents tried to confront the robbers, which made many
residents of the town ran for their lives.
The Commissioner of Police in Kaduna
State, Mr Adefemi Adenike, said on phone that the armed robbers came to the
town in a very large number with explosives, and confirmed the death of the
policemen during the encounter.
He said there were also casualties on
the side of the armed robbers, and denied that it was a terrorist attack.
More soldiers and other security
agents had been deployed to the town, which is about two hours drive from
Kaduna and shares borders with Plateau, Bauchi and Kano states
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