Ongoing onslaught against bandits and other criminal elements by the Zamfara State Police Command yielded fruits on Sunday when a suspected bandit was gunned down, while others fled with bullet wounds as police operatives foiled an intended attack.
Police spokesman in the state, SP Mohammed Shehu, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, said the felled suspect had been a kingpin of bandits.
Shehu said the suspect had been on the wanted list of the police and had specialised in terrorising innocent people of Maradun Local Government Area and other neighbouring ones.
He said on April 4, operatives attached to Operation Puff Adder II of the command were on patrol along Tsibiri Cillage, near Sububu forest in Maradun Local Government Area when they intercepted a group of bandits who were believed to be on attack mission in the village.
He said: “On sighting the police operatives, the bandits engaged them in a gun duel, which the personnel quickly replied.
“As a result, one of the bandits was gunned down, while others fled into the forest with possible gunshot wounds.
“In the course of profiling the scene, an AK-47 rifle with breech no. AK 103-2051361627, a magazine containing four rounds of live ammunition, an operational motorcycle, a bag containing bundle of charms and set of military camouflage uniforms were recovered.”
The Command has assured members of the public that the ongoing operations against bandits who have refused to embrace the ongoing peace accord of the state Governor, Mohammed Bello Matawalle, will be effectively sustained to rid the state of all forms of criminal elements.
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