Gunmen kill immigration officer, injure another in Niger

By Omeiza Ajayi
Unidentified armed men have killed an officer of the Nigeria Immigration Service NIS on routine surveillance patrol in the Tunga Taya–Woro axis of Niger State, leaving his colleague seriously injured.
Service Public Relations Officer of the NIS, Deputy Comptroller of Immigration DCI Akinsola Akinlabi, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.
According to him, the Service “regrets to announce a tragic attack on two personnel of its Wawa Control Post in the Tunga Taya–Woro axis of Niger State, which led to the death of one officer and left another seriously injured.”
Akinlabi said the incident occurred on Tuesday, 6th October 2026, at about 11:30 hours, “when two p...