By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi –
The police in Bauchi State said its operatives in collaboration with other security agents in the state have killed many suspected kidnappers and bandits during an attack it launched on their enclaves at Dajin Madam and at the famous Yankari Game Reserve’s forest in Alkaleri LGA of the state.
The Spokesman of the Bauchi State Police Command, Ahmed Wakil, a Superintendent of Police, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Wednesday morning, saying that many others escaped with gunshot wounds.
He said that the operation took place on December 31st, 2022.
NATIONAL ACCORD had reported that a similar operation by a joint team of security agents took place days ago at four different hideouts of Mansur, Digare, Gwana and Dajin Madam in Alkaleri forest in which no fewer than 12 notorious bandits and kidnappers including their kingpin, Madaki Mansur, notorious for terrorizing Alkaleri LGA, Taraba, Plateau and Gombe States, were killed.
The operation took place on the 19th December 2022 at about 2.30am, and it led to the recovery of weapons and operational motorcycles belonging to the bandits and kidnappers.
In the latest onslaught on the terrorists, Wakil said that two AK-47 rifles were recovered from them, adding that: “In an ongoing effort to stem the kidnapping activities in the state, the Command conducted another Joint Operation in Alkaleri LGA of Bauchi on the eve of the new year.
“The Operatives attached to the Command in conjunction with other sister security agencies strike kidnappers/bandits’ hideouts at Dajin Madam and Yankari’s thick forests.
“During the daring operation, several bandits were neutralized and dislodged from their enclaves, while the remaining sprinted in disarray into the deep forest with possible bullet wounds.
“In the same vein, the troops sustained patrol and clearance operations around the thick forests to arrest the fleeing suspects. Consequently, two (2) AK-47 rifles were recovered during the operation.
“Furthermore, the Command is recording unprecedented success in the fight against the kidnapping menace in the state, as unrelenting Police Operations in the affected areas hugely impacted the kidnapping activities, thereby denying the kidnappers/bandits a breathing space to carry out their nefarious activities at Rimi, Magama Bagwas, Mansur, Pali and Yalo villages.”
The police spokesman added that in a related development, operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit Base 4 of the Command, arrested two suspected kidnappers.
According to him, the suspects confessed to have kidnapped four people and camped them the Yankari Game Reserve Forest and collected a ransom of N20 million.
He said: “On the 27th of December, 2022 at about 4.00pm by the Operatives attached to the Command Anti-Kidnapping unit Base 4, following credible intelligence available at their disposals.
“The suspect Adamu Mohammed, (33) was arrested alongside his accomplice Datti Alh. Bulama (AKA Dattuwa) (35) all males of maimadi ward via Pali district.
“Investigation revealed that the principal suspect (Adamu Muhammad) confessed to having participated in kidnapping activities in Kaltanga village where they kidnapped four (4) people and camped them at Yankari Forest for about five (5) days until the sum of N20 million was paid as ransom. Out of which, the sum of N30,000 was given to him as his share of the proceeds of the crime.
“Investigation is in progress after which the suspects would be charged to court for prosecution.
He said that the Commissioner of Police in the state, Aminu Alhassan, commended the Command’s operatives for their efforts in combating crime in the state.
The Commissioner of Police, he noted, reiterated the readiness of the Command to operate in synergy with other sister security agencies towards improving the security disposition of the State.
He said that the CP equally calls on the members of the public to always inform the command of the whereabouts of criminal merchants and their hideouts, especially those on the run with suspected bullet wounds, they should report to the nearest Police Station.
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