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By Frank Oshanugor
In the last hours of 2021, on Friday, operatives of the Kaduna State Police Command in collaboration with the Force Intelligence Bureau and Special Tactical Squad of the Force Headquarters, Abuja and some local vigilantes stormed a notorious bandits’ camp belonging to one Isiya located in the forest of Sabon Birni village of Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna state.
The action was a response to a squealed intelligence that some victims were held hostage for ransom in the said forest.
According to a statement by the Kaduna State Police spokesman, ASP Muhammed Jalige, “the mission was cautiously and successfully executed which resulted in one bandit neutralized, while many others escaped with varying degrees of bullet wounds.”
Two suspects namely; (1) Rabe Baushe ‘M’ and (2) Badamasi Usman ‘M’ were arrested and taken into custody for further investigation.
He added that nine (9) victims were equally rescued in the operation and they included (1) Bashir Hussain ‘M’ 40yrs, (2) Abdullahi Adamu ‘M’ 40yrs, (3) Lawal Habib ‘M’ 17yrs, (4) Umar Yahuza ‘M’ 31yrs, (5) Joseph Samuel ‘M’ 43yrs, (6) Nazifi Sani ‘M’ 20yrs, (7) Mohammed Shuaibu ‘M’ 40yrs, (8) Zainab Bashir ‘F’ 22yrs, (9) Alheri Ibrahim ‘M’ 40yrs, all of different addresses within the state.
“Eight among the victims have since reunited with the families after undergoing a medical checkup at the Police medical facility and were profiled. A certain Bashir Hussain is rushed to Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital Kaduna having sustained a bullet injury,” the Police spokesman said.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police Kaduna Command, Mudassiru Abdullahi has applauded the commitment and doggedness of the officers and tasked them to sustain the tempo so as to usher in the Year 2022 on high note.
He further called on the general public, as usual to support the efforts of security agencies in tackling the menace of armed banditry and other violent crimes in the state
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