{"id":196604,"date":"2026-03-05T12:28:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T11:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/gunmen-attack-police-checkpoint-in-kebbi-kill-two-officers"},"modified":"2026-03-05T12:28:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T11:28:46","slug":"gunmen-attack-police-checkpoint-in-kebbi-kill-two-officers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gunmen-attack-police-checkpoint-in-kebbi-kill-two-officers","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen attack police checkpoint in Kebbi, kill two officers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gunmen on Thursday attacked a police border checkpoint along the Bakin Ruwa\u2013Maje road in Bagudu Local Government Area of Kebbi State, killing two officers.<\/p>\n<p>Eyewitnesses said the assailants arrived in large numbers and opened fire indiscriminately at officers stationed at the checkpoint before setting the tent used by the officers on fire.<\/p>\n<p>Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force in Kebbi, SP Bashir Usman, said two officers on duty were killed during the attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey killed two of our officers and burnt down the checkpoint, but the police are on top of the situation. I will issue further details,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The attack is the latest in a series of assaults along the Bakin Ruwa\u2013Maje border corridor.<\/p>\n<p>Gunmen had earlier killed personnel of the Nigeria Customs Service and the Nigeria Immigration Service in separate incidents in the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gunmen on Thursday attacked a police border checkpoint along the Bakin Ruwa\u2013Maje road in Bagudu Local Government Area of Kebbi State, killing two officers. Eyewitnesses said the assailants arrived in large numbers and opened fire indiscriminately at officers stationed at the checkpoint before setting the tent used by the officers on fire. 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