The cobbler was attending to one of the mobile
policemen when the gunmen attacked. He died on the spot. The attack on the VP
house occurred at 11 o’clock in the morning.
The VP’s house had remained uninhabited by the
VP family since it was attacked during the 2011 post-election violence in
Kaduna State.
In a related development, suspected suicide
bombers launched attacks on the office of the Assistant Inspector-General of
Police in charge of Zone 10 in Sokoto, Muhtari Ibrahim, and a shop owned by the
Police Officer Wives’ Association, adjacent to the Unguwar Rogo police station,
Marina, Sokoto.
Dead victims of the Sokoto
attacks included a hairdresser, a policeman, and the two suspected bombers.
Ibrahim confirmed the attack on his office and
the death of a policeman, a Corporal; and the suicide bomber. He said eight
policemen and a civilian were injured as a result of the attack.
The AIG said that five offices and other parts
of the one-storey building, the gate, and some neighbouring houses were
shattered. The official car of the police chief was also reportedly damaged.
He was quoted by the News Agency of Nigeria as
saying that the suicide bomber who attacked his office drove a Honda Accord car
and forced his way into the premises after he was denied entry.
Ibrahim said that only the dead suicide bomber
was in the vehicle, adding that investigations would continue on the
development.
He asked members of the public to
provide security agencies with useful information to curb the trend.
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