Gunmen yesterday shot dead retired police DIG Sale Abubakar Ningi, his orderly and personal friend.The DIG, who was in charge of the Nigeria Police Force works department until his retirement alongside IG Hafiz Ringim, was ambushed around 6pm, while returning from his plastic factory, situated at Sauna/Kawaji in Kano, Daily Trust gathered.
The assailants were said to have opened fire on the DIG’s car, shattering its glasses and killing all the three occupants.
Daily Trust also gathered that the remains of the senior officer and those of his aides were deposited at Gamji Military Hospital in Kano.
Confirming the killing, Kano Police Command spokesperson, DSP Rilwanu Muhammad Dutse, said the attackers had trailed the retired police officer on motorcycle from the isolated industrial area, before killing him. The spokesperson said the killers did not take anything from the victims.
