Defence/Security
Police In Kaduna Recover Two AK47 Rifles With 30 Rounds Each
Operatives of the Kaduna Police Command while on routine patrol along Hukunyi – Danja road, a border between Kaduna and Katsina state have recovered two AK47 rifles with 30 Rounds each yesterday.
The development was contained in a statement signed and made available to newsmen by the commands public relations officer, DSP Muhammed Jalige.
According to the statement, the police on routine patrol along the border between Kaduna and Katsina state sighted two persons riding a motorcycle in a very suspicious manner.
The situation prompted the patrol team to give them a hot pursuit and on sensing danger they immediately ran into the nearby forest to avoid been apprehended as a result their luggage fell off the bike.
“When the said luggage was searched two AK47 rifles loaded with 30 rounds of live ammunition each were recovered.”
It added that, in a bid to ensure that the hoodlums are not giving any room to operate, the patrol combed the entire area throughout the night in order to guarantee the safety of the road users and the adjoining communities.
However, the Commissioner of Police in his part commended the Officers for their dedication to duty and charges them not to relent in ensuring his policing strategy is successful.
While urging other Operatives to emulate same to foster a new security dawn in the state, the CP equally ordered that a vigorous manhunt of the hoodlums must continue with the aim of bringing them to book.
He therefore assured the public that the Police will always be handy in responding to their collective and individual distress situations as he sought for their continuous cooperation.
Armed bandits have abducted 30 people during an attack on Zamfarawa village in Zugu District, Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
Zagazola Makama report that the attack occurred on Oct. 7 at about 2:20 p.m., when a large number of bandits stormed the community, shooting sporadically to scare residents.
The hoodlums were said to have whisked away 30 villagers to an unknown destination.
Following the incident, security forces have intensified efforts to trace and rescue the abducted victims.
The Zamfara State Police Command has confirmed the killing of two armed bandits during an exchange of fire with security operatives in Mada District, Gusau Local Government Area.
According to sources, the operation followed credible intelligence about an imminent bandit attack on villages within the Mada area.
The sources stated that at about 3:10 a.m. on Oct. 7, a joint team of police tactical operatives, community protection guards (CPG), and local hunters were deployed to Fegin Mahe village, where they laid an ambush along the suspected route of the bandits.
Three bandits were said to have approached the location and were immediately engaged in a gun battle by the security team.
Two of the bandits were killed during the encounter, while the third escaped with possible gunshot injuries.
The police said efforts were ongoing to track down and arrest the fleeing suspect.
Three suspected kidnappers have been killed by a mob in Emu Orakwan community, Esan South-East Local Government Area of Edo State.
Sources said that the incident occurred at about 5 p.m. on Oct. 6, when hunters and farmers in the area sighted the suspects at Akabueze camp.
The suspects were said to be among those who allegedly murdered a woman identified as Mrs. Ogbona on Oct. 1.
It was gathered that upon receiving the information, villagers and farmers mobilised and descended on the suspects, inflicting severe injuries on them before the arrival of security operatives.
Army troops accompanied by police personnel, moved swiftly to the scene and met the suspects at the point of death.
They were immediately taken to the General Hospital, where they were confirmed dead.
Their remains have been deposited at Imiuwuguina Mortuary, while investigation into the incident is ongoing.
Again 30 villagers abducted in Zamfara.
2 bandits meet Waterloo in Zamfara ambush.
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