
Gunmen on Monday shot dead a police sergeant and abducted a German engineer with construction giants, Dantata and Sawoe, in Kano. The German embassy in Nigeria declined to comment.
A policeman was also killed during the kidnap, eyewitnesses said.
"They shot the Police at Sabon Titi, a scarcely populated area in Kano, killing the Police and abducted the German, "the eyewitness who pleaded for an anonymity said".
Another security personnel in charge of securing the equipment of the construction company, Abuabakar Muhammad, told journalists that the incident occurred on Monday morning when they were about commencing the day's activities.
In a statement signed by the spokesperson of the Kano State Police Command, Magaji Majia, he revealed that the officer killed was a police sergeant.
"An armed gang of five men in a motor vehicle ambushed and opened fire on a motor vehicle conveying the staff of Dantata & Sawoe Construction Company going to a construction site", he said.
A statement by the Kano police public relations officer, sp Musa Majia said the commissioner of police Rabiu Ibrahim has deployed detectives to rescue the victim and arrest the abductors.
He said police have launched a manhunt for the kidnappers and an operation to rescue Cremza, calling on the public to volunteer information anytime they notice unusual movements in their communities.
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