BREAKING: Gunmen Attack AIG, Kill Escort

The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), Audu Madaki has been reportedly shot by gunmen.

Madaki is the AIG in charge of zone 12 police command.

He was said to have been attacked by the assailants on Tuesday along the Kaduna-Abuja road.

According to reports, Madaki’s convoy which was on its way out of Bauchi was attacked by the terrorist group in the Barde Zangidi area in Toro LGA of Bauchi State at about 2.30 pm.

Madaki was reportedly shot at and injured during the attack while his orderly was shot dead.

It was gathered that the AIG was receiving treatment at an undisclosed hospital in Abuja while security has been beefed up around the Zone just as another source revealed that armed Police personnel have been drafted to the area to comb the bush in order to fish out the terrorists.