The Katsina State Police Command has confirmed that terrorists dressed in Hijab attacked a police post in Saki Jiki village, Batsari Local Government Area of the state and killed one officer, injuring another. The Katsina Police Public Relations Officer, Abubakar Aliyu, who made this known in a statement issued on Friday, said that the incident occurred at 8pm on Thursday. The police spokesperson however said that the police were already on top of the situation at the duty post.
The Katsina State Police Command has paraded a 30-year-old man identified as Abubakar Abdulaziz for allegedly kidnapping and burrying a three-year-old child alive after collecting the ransom of N150,000 from his parent.
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has said the reported arrest of a member of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), a security arm of IPOB in Katsina State was staged to blackmail the Biafran group. IPOB made the claim in a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, saying that the reported arrested young man who claimed he was an ESN member was a mere staged action by the Nigeria Police Force, Katsina State Command.