Police kill bandit, arrest 47 in Kebbi

The Kebbi State Police Command on Monday said it neutralised a bandit, arrested 47 suspects and recovered 40 firearms in operations targeting banditry and gun running across parts of the state. The Commissioner of Police, Umar M. Hadejia, disclosed this while briefing journalists at the command headquarters in Birnin Kebbi. He said two of the […]

The Kebbi State Police Command on Monday said it neutralised a bandit, arrested 47 suspects and recovered 40 firearms in operations targeting banditry and gun running across parts of the state.
The Commissioner of Police, Umar M. Hadejia, disclosed this while briefing journalists at the command headquarters in Birnin Kebbi.
He said two of the arrested suspects had been terrorising communities in Wasagu Local Government Area.
Hadejia said a police patrol team intercepted and arrested two suspected bandits during a routine patrol along the Bena-Mai Rai Rai road.
He identified them as Aliyu Hussaini, 23, from Minna in Niger State, and Sani Abubakar, 28, from Nasarawa Burkullo in Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
Items recovered from the suspects include 36 rounds of live ammunition, one magazine, a Bajaj motorcycle, N264,000, nine memory cards, four SIM cards, three Android phones and one keypad phone.
In a separate incident, a patrol team along the Amburusa-Sanyinna road arrested one Hussaini Abubakar for allegedly conspiring with one Ukasha Bande to snatch a Bajaj motorcycle with registration number BRK 749 UT from Nasiru Alhassan.
Hadejia further said operatives attached to the Kalgo Division, acting on intelligence, arrested one Ashiru Muhammad, 20, of Alabani village near Makera.
He said the suspect confessed to conspiring with two others, Usman Muhammad and Anas Bangola, who are now at large, to block the Masallaci Zarya-Jega road, where they attacked Danjuma Baban Yara and stabbed him in the head.