Katsina State Police Command, said it foiled a kidnap attempt by bandits at Kirijam village, Mahuta ward, in Dandume Local Government Area on Thursday night, rescuing nine victims.
The spokesman of the command, SP Gambo Isah, said this on Friday, July 2, in a statement made available to journalists.
According to the statement, the bandits who sustained injuries in a gun duel with the security operatives, escaped into the forest.
The statement read in part;
“On 01/07/2021 at about 23:00hrs, bandits in their numbers, shooting sporadically with AK 47 rifles, attacked Kirijam village, Mahuta Ward of Dandume LGA and kidnapped nine persons. On receipt of the report, DPO Dandume Division, led a team of Policemen and blocked their possible exit route at Kadawan Maikomo village, Sabuwa LGA.
“Fortunately, the bandits followed through the route and fell into a police ambush. The team engaged the bandits into a fierce gun duel and successfully repelled them.
“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, all the nine abducted persons were rescued unhurt and some GSM phones and food items stolen from the village by the hoodlums were also recovered.”
