Katsina: Police Kill 8 Bandits, Recover 30 Cows

Katsina State Police Command has confirmed the killing of eight suspected bandits and the recovery of 30 cows in Batsari local government area of the state.

A statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Gambo Isah on Saturday says that on Aug. 6, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Batsari, led Operation Puff Adder to Zamfarawa village based on a report that bandits numbering over 40, armed with AK 47 rifles attacked the village.

He said that the bandits shot to death one Shafi’i Suleiman, 65 and Yakubu Idris, 70, adding that they also rustled a number of cows in the area.

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According to him, the police team was ambushed by the bandits on their way to the village, adding that the team responded and killed one of the bandits, while others escaped with gunshot wounds.

Isah further revealed that the team recovered 30 cows stolen from the village by the bandits.

Subsequently, he explained that on Aug. 7, “search parties led by the DPO and members of the community recovered additional seven corpses of the bandits who escaped with gunshot wounds at Barankada village, also in Batsari local government area,” he said.

The sum of twenty-two thousand and three hundred Naira, thirteen empty shells and two live ammunition of 7.62mm, a bunch of criminal charms, keys, and pair of slippers were recovered from the dead bodies and the scene respectively during the search.