A police inspector and his friend were killed when gunmen opened fire at the Safer Highways base of the Nigeria Police in Nabordo, Toro local government area of Bauchi state.
The spokesperson of the state Police Command, Ahmed Wakili, confirmed the incident on Sunday.
He said the incident happened Saturday night, and identified the Police inspector and his friends as Muktar Ibrahim and Uba Sama’ila, respectively.
Suma’ila was the son of the Ward Head of Nabordo.
He said the commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alabi, has deployed more patrol teams in the area.
