Police in Katsina state have on Thursday gunned down Four (4) suspected kidnappers terrorising Karo, Gangamawa and Kwari villages of Dutsinma and Jibia Local Government Areas of the state.
Similarly, their counterpart in Kaduna command have killed some bandits and rescued two kidnap victims.
The Commissioner of Police in Katsina State, Sanusi Buba, while briefing journalists said that the suspects who were reportedly armed with sophisticated weapons were killed in their separate hideouts with many others sustaining various bullet wounds and escaping into the dreaded Rugu Forest.
Buba said the four bandits were killed after an attack on the villages, an action which had prompted a team comprising Operation Puff Adder, Sharan Daji and Vigilantes to lay an ambush against them.
Buba explained that in Karo and Gangamawa villages alone, a total of sixty (60) cows, 99 sheep and one goat were recovered while in Kwari village, two (2) AK47 Rifle along with one locally made rifle as well as 19 cows, 17 sheep and 34 goats were also recovered.
In Kaduna, the Deputy Commissioner of Police in the state, Sunday Onah, polices operatives had killed some members of a a kidnap gang and rescued two victims at Daku village in Giwa local government area of the state.
He said this while briefing journalists in Kaduna during which he displayed the body of one the suspects and recovered items from the kidnap gang during the operation.
According to him, the the bandits stormed the village at midnight on Wednesday and kidnapped one Dauda Sani and his brother, and later killed one of the victims.
He explains that the police operatives who got the information quickly swung into action and engaged the bandits in a gun battle, killed one of them, and rescued Sauda Sani and his brother who is receiving treatment in the hospital.
The police boss also disclosed that the bandits fled into the bush abandoning their six motorcycles die to the superior fire power of the police.
He further revealed that other exhibits including two AK 47 rifles, 34 rounds of live ammunition, three techno phones, rechargeable mp3 torch light, charm jacket and n268,000 were recovered from the bandits.
On his part, the Kaduna State Commissioner for internal security and home affairs, Samuel Aruwan commended the effort of the police in dislodging the bandits, while also calling on residents to always alert the police with timely and credible information to save lives and properties.
