The Katsina State command of the Nigeria Police has said that joint security forces, comprising policemen, soldiers and vigilantes on Sunday October 24, 2021 carried out sting operations in Kadoji village, Jibia, camp of a notorious bandit, one Bala Wuta.
According to a statement by SP Gambo Isah, the command’s spokesman, after a fierce gun duel, the bandit and his cohorts were dislodged while the team succeeded in destroying his camp and recovered 15 cows, 28 goats and 12 sheep reasonably suspected to have been rustled.
Also, the Area Commander, Dutsinma, led a team of policemen to Megezoji bandits’ camp at Yantumaki forest, where bandits were dislodged, and their camp destroyed.
Twenty-eight cows and 19 goats, suspected to have been rustled, were also recovered.
The command urged members of the public to cooperate with security agencies by giving them credible information on bandits and their collaborators, especially those supplying them with arms and ammunition, informants and other essential commodities.
It also assured members of the public of its commitment to the ongoing fight against recalcitrant bandits.
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