Two police officers have been killed by suspected bandits in an attack on their checkpoint in Bagudo Local Government Area of Kebbi State.

The assailants were reported to have stormed the police checkpoint along the Bakin Ruwa–Maje border road, where they opened fire on officers stationed there.

Sources said the attackers arrived in large numbers and began shooting indiscriminately at the checkpoint, killing two officers on duty.After the attack, the gunmen also set ablaze the tent being used by the officers at the checkpoint.

A resident said the armed men overwhelmed the officers before carrying out the attack and fleeing the scene.

Confirming the incident, the Kebbi State Police Command spokesperson, SP Bashir Usman, said two officers were killed during the assault.

“They killed two of our officers and burnt down the checkpoint, but the police are on top of the situation. I will issue further details,” he said.

The latest incident is the third attack on security personnel along the Bakin Ruwa–Maje border corridor.

In an earlier attack in the area, one police officer was reportedly killed.

Similarly, a few months ago, five personnel of the Nigeria Customs Service and the Nigeria Immigration Service were killed in an attack along the Maje border road in Bagudo Local Government Area.

(Daily Trust)