Uzairu Abubakar, a suspected drug dealer known as Uzairu Kuda, was killed during a police raid at Sabuwar Anguwa in Katsina on the night of 27 December 2025.[1][2] The Central Market Surveillance Team led by ASP Audu Isah raided the area on intelligence and arrested Abubakar, described as a notorious dealer and member of the Kauraye miscreants.[1][2]

Officers found him with dry leaves suspected to be Indian hemp, pregabalin tablets and Colorado.[1][2] When he resisted arrest and raised an alarm, gang members attacked the police team and smashed the rear screen of a covert Honda Jazz.[1] Abubakar drew a knife and stabbed the team’s second-in-command, ASP Ibrahim Yusuf, in the neck.[1][2] An officer then shot him; he was taken to the General Hospital Katsina, where a doctor confirmed him dead.[1][2] The drugs and the knife were recovered, the body was released to his family for burial, and investigations with a manhunt for the gang continued.[1][2]