Three suspected bandits’ kingpins have been killed in Katsina State.
The spokesperson of the state Police Command ASP Abubakar Aliyu, disclosed this on Tuesday in Katsina.
He said the gunmen were killed on Nov. 25, at about 10:30 a.m., during a joint patrol with members of the vigilante, in Kwarare area of Jibia Local Government Area.
“Some suspected bandits opened fire on the patrol team, in which the officers valiantly returned fire, forcing the terrorists to abandon their evil plan and fled into the nearby bush.
“While combing the scene and surrounding bushes, corpses of three neutralised suspected terrorists and a motorcycle which belonged to the bandits were recovered,” he said
The PPRO said the corpses were later identified as those of Bala Wuta, a suspected notorious bandits’ leader terrorising Jibia Local Government Area and its environs.
Others, he added, were Dogo Na Sahura and Hassan Bukuru, notorious suspected terrorists terrorising people in the area.
Aliyu said efforts were on top gear by the police to arrest the fleeing suspects, while investigation into the matter was ongoing.
