The Zamfara state police command said it has arrested a suspected notorious bandit (name withheld) in Gurusu town in Bukkuyum…
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Army Spokesman, Brigadier General Texas Chukwu, said in a statement on Saturday that the operation was conducted in Kidandan, Maidaro and Sabon Fili villages, where the bandits patronised the village markets to restock supplies and other necessities.
A News Agency of Nigeria correspondent, who visited the town on Friday learnt that one person was killed during the incident, which took place on June 6.
ASP David Missal, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, told newsmen that the suspected bandits had on Monday night, carried out the dastardly act.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that 750 others in the village had sworn by the Holy Qur’an a month ago to abandon their criminal ways of life.
Brig. – Gen. Texas Chukwu, the Director, Army Public Relations, said in a statement that many bandits escaped with gunshot wounds in battle with soldiers on April 4.
Wakkala, who is the Chairman of the state’s Dialogue, Reconciliation and Disarmament Committee, disclosed this in Gusau on Saturday at an interactive session with the National Economic Council Committee on Farmers/Herdsmen Clashes.
The bandits are part of the about 40 armed thieves who drove away 200 heads of cattle belonging to the local communities
Katsina said of the number arrested, 46 suspects were among the most wanted armed bandits in the area, while the remaining 23 suspects were arrested for cattle rustling