The police charged Hussaini Bala,18, Babangida Idris,18 and Ahmed Abubakar,20, with criminal conspiracy, theft and unlawful assembly while armed with dangerous weapons.
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The magistrate said Ogah, who pleaded guilty to the charges, should be remanded in police custody pending judgment and sentencing.
The bandits engaged operatives in a gun duel, during which three of them were neutralised, while others fled into the forest with possible gunshot wounds.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalige, confirmed the arrest in a statement he issued late on Sunday in Kaduna.
The agriculture minister, Gerardine Mukeshimana, in a statement said the Peste des Petits Ruminants that primarily affects goats and sheep has been reported in Burundi’s provinces of Gitega, Mwaro, Kirundo and Karuzi.