Police Foil Attack, Kill 2 Bandits In Katsina

Katsina State Police command repelled the bandits’ attack and killed two suspects, recovered one rifle with five rounds of 7.62mm live ammunition.

In a statement issued by the command spokesman, Abubakar Sadiq Aliyu, stated that the terrorists in their numbers, armed with AK 47 rifles, shot sporadically and attacked one Yahaya Usman at his residence in Tani village of Bindawa local government area of the state and inflicted him with a deep knife cut injury on his head when he refused to be kidnapped.

The statement read, ” Upon receipt of the report, operatives attached to Bindawa divisional headquarters led by the DPO promptly responded, where they engaged the suspected terrorist in a fierce gun duel and successfully foiled the kidnap attempt and rescued the victim. In the course of scanning the scene, two bodies of the neutralized suspected terrorist – bandits and one Ak 47 riffle with five rounds of 7.62mm were recovered from the scene.

“During the investigation, the bodies were later identified to be those of one Sani Kokaya, and Ummara, all of Kaita, LGA of the state, notorious suspected terrorist-bandits and arms smugglers who have been on the command’s wanted list. The investigation is ongoing.”