Security Forces Rescue 5 People, Rustled Cows From Bandits In Niger

Security personnel currently undergoing clearance operation of bandits’ camps in Niger State have rescued five abducted people and 300 rustled cows.

The commissioner for internal security and humanitarian affairs, Mr. Emmanuel Umar, said in Minna yesterday that in the effort of security forces to clear terrorists, joint security forces mobilised clearance operations at Gaskiya Bana, the operational base of a notorious bandits kingpin, Alhaji Leyi in Munya.

“Upon the invasion of the terrorist hideout by the forces, they fled the base and abandoned herds of cattle believed to have been rustled around the axis,” he added.

He disclosed that the security forces recovered large herds of cattle and proceeded towards Unguwan Aboki, another community terrorized by the bandits but added that  they ran into an ambush and were able to repel them, forcing the bandits to retreat and scamper into a nearby vegetation and forest belt.

He said over 300 cattle were recovered and  handed over to the state government for onward process of delivery to their owners.