Boko Haram kills 1 soldier in Kano 'As police kill 4 robbers

GUNMEN suspected to be Boko Haram members, at the weekend, shot dead a soldier allegedly attached to 3 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Kano.This is just as the Nigeria Police, Kano State command, on Sunday, in a joint effort with Ali-Kwara and police team from Abuja, killed four robbers on Wudil-Ajingi road, KanoThe soldier, whose identity was being withheld by the military, was gunned down at the Sharada Industrial Estate on the outskirts of Kano, where the Boko Haram militants killed a civilian two days earlier.The Public Relations Officer of the Joint Task Force (JTF), Lieutenant-Colonel Ikedichi Iweha, said the deceased was not on military assignment when he was killed.A source who preferred anonymity said the soldier was in the area to visit a relation, as he was in mufti when the gunmen shot him dead.Meanwhile, police, together with Ali-kwara, on Sunday, killed four robbers on Wudil-Ajingi road .Confirming the incident, the Kano State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Magaji Majiya, said the operation was carried out after a tip-off.The police, in conjunction with the security outfit, acting on a tip-off, attacked the robbers around 3.00 a.m on Sunday.The PPRO said items recovered after the operation were four AK-47 riffle, 200 live ammunition and other weapons.
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