By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi –
No fewer than 12 bandits and kidnappers notorious for terrorizing Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State and other neighbouring states of Taraba, Plateau and Gombe have been killed by a joint team of security operatives.
The spokesman of The Bauchi State Police Command, SP Ahmed Wakili, disclosed this in a statement issued to journalists on Monday.
SP Wakil explained that the terrorists were killed when the police raided their hideouts and engaged them in a gun battle.
He said their kingpin, Madaki Mansur, was also killed in the operation while others escaped into the bush with gunshot wounds.
According to him, weapons and operational motorcycles belonging to the bandits were recovered.
“In our combined efforts to stem the menace of banditry in Bauchi State, especially in Alkaleri L.G.A., the command was at its best recently;
“On the 19th December 2022 at about 2.30am, a Joint Operation of security operatives engaged suspected bandits/kidnappers in four different hideouts; Mansur, Digare, Gwana and Dajin Madam in Alkaleri forest.
“Following the hot exchange of superior fire-power by the operatives which left twelve (12) of the kidnappers neutralized while others were subdued, dislodged, and scampered into disarray into the nearby bushes with possible gunshot wounds and abandoned their camp.
“Consequently, weapons and operational motorcycles were recovered during the operation,” he stated.
He assured that the Command is intensifying efforts to apprehend the fleeing members of the syndicate.
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