Police in Katsina State have arrested a 13-year-old member of a bandit gang terrorising the state.
Spokesman of the state police command, Gambo Isah disclosed this when parading the suspect on Saturday.
He said Abdulkarim Mati was once an errand boy to a bandits’ leader, Ardo Nashaware, who resides in Birnin Magaji forest, Zamfara State.
He said the suspect fled the forest where he allegedly committed an act.
“The boy demonstrated skills in handling AK-47. He confessed to have been bullied by some elderly bandits, who provoked him, and as a result, he picked an AK-47 rifle and shot dead two of the elderly bandits,” Isah said.
He said Mati was arrested by police operatives where he ran to after his escape from the forest.
Isah said the suspect confessed that he was taken away from his parents under the guise that he would assist in rearing cows for his masters, but was taught how to operate AK-47 rifles and serve as a guard for kidnap victims.
