Assistant Police Commissioner escapes assassination attempt, aide killed

THE Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Nasarawa State, Mr. Ibrahim Tarfa, on Wednesday morning narrowly escaped assassination as he was riddled with bullets, when gunmen suspected to be assassins invaded in his private residence in Lafia, the state capital.
Sources told the Tribune Online that the incident, which happened at his private residence around Lorem Hotel, on Shendam road, left one of his aides, a corporal, dead, while his AK47 rifle was also taken away by the gunmen.
Investigations further revealed that the gunmen, who gained entry to the compound through the fence, then shot the late aide dead, after his several resistance to lead them to his boss's room.
Informed top police sources told in the Tribune online that as Mr. Tarfa was approaching the door, the gunmen riddled him with bullets. He was said to have been rescued by a combined team of State Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and Operation Nasara.