Armed men suspected to be members of the Yusiffiya Group aka Boko Haram, have attacked the Nigerian Airforce Military Comprehensive School base at Kwa a 15 kilometers town outside Kano, killing about three of the guards on duty.
Confirming the incident to newsmen the 303 Flying School Commander, Air Commodore Sani Ahmad, said some suspected gunmen struck at the school on Thursday night opening fire on his men and carted away many valuables.
He said when they attacked the base at about 7.30 to 8pm, his men quickly responded and a gun battle that lasted for about one hour ensued which resulted in the death of the two military officers instantly while one out of the two that were injured died at Mallam Aminu Kano Hospital after sustaining bullet wound.
Ahmad who refused to categorically state that the men were Boko Haram members, added that the only thing he know is that anybody who carried arm is a criminal whether he is Boko Haram or whatever, promising that they will soon get to the root of the incident.
He said that all the 110 children studying in the school were hale and hearty and that they tried to give them some sense of relief by being close to them, adding that they are studying the whole scenario and may deploy additional security personnel to the place.
'We are going to visualize the whole level of the security threat, analyse it and see whether we will send additional security attachment or not but for now we are keeping high vigil in the place and to us this people are armed robbers because after carting away some properties they also vandalized some houses nearby the school,' he said.
The suspected members of the Boko Haram who struck at the Military Comprehensive school were reported to have opened fire sporadically from the gate of the school for about half hour while unconfirmed report said that the military officers responded with heavy fire.
Our reporter who arrived the scene of the Friday morning hours saw some expended bullets at the gate of the school while the window glass the office of the security office at the school was shattered.
A team of journalists on a fact finding mission were harassed at the gate of the Airforce base on Airport road by the military officers manning the gate and turned them back.Also some heavy armed military personnel were seen guarding the school while every visitor to the school was made to pass through security scrutiny before being allowed into the school.
The police spokesman in the state Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Magaji Majiya, told journalists that they received information that suspected.
He said a police mobile attached to Nigeria Police Force MOPOL 9, Alhassan Safiyanu was shot at around Hotoro near the NNPC and sustained some wound and now receiving treatment at the hospital, adding that the invaders are suspected criminals.
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