Police officer shot dead by colleague inside police station in Kano

A Police officer recognized as Sergeant Basharu Alhassan has been shot useless at Warawa Divisional Police Headquarters in Kano.

Every day Belief reported that Alhassan was shot useless by one Inspector Ya’u Yakubu, who’s his colleague on the division.

Spokesman of the Kano state Police Command, Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa mentioned the deceased was confirmed useless by medical doctors after being rushed to Wudil Common Hospital.

The state commissioner of police, CP Sama’ila Dikko has directed that the suspect who’s presently on the State CID, be subjected to medical check to establish his psychological health.

Dikko additionally ordered a switch of the case to the state CID’s homicides part, to allow them conduct discrete investigation into the matter.

Kiyawa mentioned;

“There was misunderstanding between the 2 officers and because of this, the Inspector fired a shot on the Sergeant.

“On our preliminary investigations, the mentioned Inspector mentioned he didn’t even know the way he shot his colleague and he may keep in mind that the deceased was laughing at him. So he was out of his sense and dedicated this act.”