The spokesman of the Command, SP Mohammed Shehu, revealed this when he spoke with newsmen on Friday.
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The spokesman of the Command, SP Mohammed Shehu, revealed this when he spoke with newsmen on Friday.
According to a statement by the state command’s spokesman, SP Mohammed Shehu, the bandits, who were from the camp of a notorious bandits kingpin, ‘TURJI’, were heavily engaged in a gun duel by the joint security forces stationed in Shinkafi.
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, hails from Maradun.
The bandits who planned to dispossess innocent commuters of their valuables were repelled by police tactical operatives.
The public relations officer in the command, SP Mohammed Shehu, disclosed this in a statement.
According to SP Mohammed Shehu, the command’s public relations officer, the police had received a distress call from the village that bandits in large numbers had stormed the area with the intent to attack the villagers.
In a statement on Saturday the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Mohammed Shehu, said operatives attached to Operation Puff Adder on Thursday were alerted about the presence of a large number of bandits who were moving towards Yarkala Village.
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.
SP Mohammed Shehu, the command’s public relations officer, said the victims, including seven women and three men, who had earlier been abducted and taken to Sububu forest by their abductors, were released in tandem with the ongoing peace process initiated by Governor Mohammed Bello Matawalle.
He was administered the injection by the police medical team in collaboration with the medical staff from the ministry of health.
The spokesman of the Zamfara State Police Command, SP Mohammed Shehu, confirmed the incident.
A statement issued by spokesman of the command on Monday, SP Mohammed Shehu, said the bandits also killed one other person