By Muhammad Sabiu
A Nigeria Customs Service post in Mil Takwas hamlet, a few kilometres from Katsina town, was ambushed by a group of gunmen known locally as bandits.
The attack took place around 1 a.m. on Monday, according to multiple sources and the Nigerian Customs Service in Katsina.
The criminals approached the checkpoint on motorcycles, according to Shamsu Magama, a resident of Magama Jibia.
They arrived from the Bugaje village forest and halted a commercial vehicle on its way to Jibia. On the spot, the driver was murdered. He claimed that after that, they rode their motorcycles towards Mil Takwas.
Another community member claimed that the customs officers were attacked because the bandits figured that if they went to the hamlet without chasing the Customs officials away, they would be able to repel the onslaught.
He claimed that four customs vehicles had been set ablaze.
Katsina is one of the northwestern states brutally hit by the criminal activities of the bandits operating in the region.