Police kill 1, arrest 3 bandits

A joint patrol team comprising operatives of Operation “Puff Adder” and “Sharan Daji” has killed a suspected bandit and arrested three others after a gun duel in Katsina. The spokesman of the state police command, SP Gambo Isah, in a statement on Thursday said it received a distress call that about 100 armed bandits were […]

A joint patrol team comprising operatives of Operation “Puff Adder” and “Sharan Daji” has killed a suspected bandit and arrested three others after a gun duel in Katsina.

The spokesman of the state police command, SP Gambo Isah, in a statement on Thursday said it received a distress call that about 100 armed bandits were seen around Pauwa in Kankara Local Government Area with about 50 stolen cows.

Accordingly, the team was mobilized to the scene and upon arrival engaged the hoodlums in a gun duel which made them to retreat and escape into the Rugu forest.

He said they arrested 70-year-old Bawa Naganda at the scene and sighted three persons on a motorcycle upon reaching Danbirgima forest who fired at them.

The spokesman said the team returned fire and as a result one Kurma was shot dead while 25-year-old Isah Babai and Ali Beti were arrested.