A member of the National Assembly, NASS, in the House of Representatives, Abdullahi Salame Friday midnight, braved up to kill one of gunmen, who attacked his Bado area residence of Sokoto around 3am.
According to Salame, who represents Gwadabawa/Illela federal constituency, he killed one of the assailants.
“I was attacked in my house in Sokoto by armed robbers. But by Allah’s powers, I was able to shoot and kill one, and injured some”, he said.
Confirming the incident, and the Sokoto State Police Command said the robbery attempt was thwarted by the swift response of the joint metropolitan Police Patrol.
The spokesperson, ASP Muhammad Sadiq said that the command had commenced investigation.
“The command also calls for calm and enjoins residents of Sokoto to promptly tender any useful information that could speed up the arrest of the perpetrators or help the ongoing investigation”, he said.
