The Katsina police command has confirmed that its officers have repelled bandits’ attack on a community in Batsari local government area, killing four of the gun men.
In a statement by the command spokesman, SP Gambo Isa, the gun men attacked Dangeza village at about 4pm on Wednesday, shooting sporadically.
“Today 26/04/2021 at about 16:30hrs, DPO Batsari led operations led a team of Police personnel to Dangeza village, Batsari and successfully repelled bandits on heinous mission. The team engaged the hoodlums into a fierce gun battle and repelled their attack.
“The doggedness, uncommon courage and tactical operational strategy adopted by the Police officers made the bandits to flee into the forest with varying degree of bullets wounds.
“In the course of profiling the scene, four (4) bandits were neutralized and three (3) of their motorcycles were recovered.
“The Command urges members of the public to cooperate with security agencies working at the frontline areas by giving them credible information on bandits and their collaborators, especially those supplying them with arms and ammunition, informants and other essential commodities.
“The Command assures members of the public that the command remain resolute and committed in the ongoing fight against recalcitrant bandits until they are arrested and dealt with according to the extant laws of the land.”
