KATSINA: Police repel bandits, recover ammunition, rustled animals

SUSTAINED efforts of the operatives of the State Police Command have continued to yield the desired results in the fight against banditry.

This is as the police were able to recover 29 rustled sheep, 24 goats, seven motorcycles and a magazine of 30 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition of AK47 rifle during their latest encounter with the criminals.

The fierce gun duel was said to have taken place in the early hours of yesterday when the operatives repelled attacks by bandits in Shekewa village which is an exit route to Dumburum forest in Batsari Local Government Area of the state.

The spokesman for the Katsina Police Command, Gambo Isah, who confirmed the incident on last night, said many bandits escaped deeper into the forest with gunshot wounds.

Isah said, “On 20/04/2021 at about 06:00hrs, DPO Batsari led Operations Puff Adder and Sharan-Daji to Shekewa village – exit route to Dumburum forest and successfully repelled bandits on heinous mission.

“The team engaged the hoodlums in a fierce gun battle and repelled their attack.

“The doggedness, uncommon courage and tactical operational strategy adopted by the security operatives made the bandits to flee into the forest with varying degree of bullet wounds.

“In the course of profiling the scene, one magazine of 30 rounds of 7.62mm live ammunition of AK47 rifle, 29 sheep, 24 goats, and seven motorcycles were recovered at the scene.”