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Advertisement Shehu Mohammed, Zamfara police spokesman, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. He said several of the bandits were killed in the incident, adding that more operatives have been deployed to the area. “Yesterday night, the command received a report that bandits in their large numbers stormed Magami town in Gusau LGA with intent to attack the community,” the statement reads. Advertisement “The Commissioner of Police, CP Hussaini Rabiu, directed Police Tactical units, compri...

“Yesterday night, the command received a report that bandits in their large numbers stormed Magami town in Gusau LGA with intent to attack the community. “The Commissioner of Police, CP Hussaini Rabiu, directed Police Tactical units, comprising of PMF/CTU/Special forces and Operation Puff Adder based in the area to synergise and ensure protection of lives and property of the people. “The tactical units moved in courageously and engaged the assailants to a gun duel. As a result of the enco...

ADVERTISEMENT The Police Command in Zamfara on Sunday said several bandits were neutralised in the state on Saturday night when criminals attempted to attack Magami village of Gusau Local Government Area. This is contained in a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, Shehu Mohammed, in Gusau. “Yesterday night, the command received a report that bandits in their large numbers stormed Magami town in Gusau LGA with intent to attack the community. “The Commission...

The Zamfara State Police Command has confirmed the invasion of Magami town in Gusau Local Government Area by bandits. The Command informed that the

“DPO Kankara led Operation Puff Adder and vigilante group to their possible exit route. “Fortunately, the bandits passed through the police ambushed point and the team engaged the hoodlums in a gun duel, killed one of the bandits and rescued the victim,” he said. He said that the body of the gunned down bandit and a motorcycle were recovered, while many bandits escaped with gunshot wounds. In a related development, on April 22, at about 23:40 hours, another distress call w...

Police repel bandits from Katsina community, recover stolen goats, motorcycles, ammunition On Kindly Share This Story: Police in Katsina State on Tuesday repelled bandits’ attack on communities in Batsari Local Government Area of the state. Police spokesman, SP Gambo Isah, said in a statement issued on Wednesday that the successful counter-attack was carried out jointly with operatives of “Sharan-Daji’’. Sharan-Daji is a special taskforce comprising the police, the military and vigilan...

Police arrest doctor, others over alleged banditry Police say the suspects engaged in sharing military intelligence, supplying arms and ammunition, military uniforms and other facilities to bandits ADVERTISEMENT The police in Zamfara State have arrested a medical doctor and seven other persons for allegedly aiding and abetting banditry in the state. The state commissioner for information, Ibrahim Dosara, disclosed this at a press briefing held in Gusau on Thursday. He said the medical doctor wa...

By Kingsley Nwezeh The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command said yesterday that a police inspector was killed during a fierce encounter with kidnappers along Angwan-Zegele-Zuba, in the outskirts of the city. A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mariam Yusuf, said following multiple attacks in the area and the kidnap of four residents, the command deployed a team of operatives, who engaged the abductors in a fire-fight. “The FCT Police Command repelled multiple att...

The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the FCT, ASP Mariam Yusuf, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. She said a joint team of operatives from the Command and Operation Puff Adder in response to a distress call, had engaged the heavily armed hoodlums in a gun battle. Yusuf said that the late officer, after sustaining gunshot injuries during the operation, was rushed to the hospital where he was confirmed dead while receiving treatment. She said that the operatives had rep...

FCT Police lose personnel in a shoot out with suspected kidnappers — spokesperson On Kindly Share This Story: The FCT Police Command  has confirmed losing one of its gallant officers, Insp. Ambi John,  attached to Operation Puff Adder, in a shoot out with suspected kidnappers. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the FCT, ASP Mariam Yusuf, disclosed this in a statement, on Tuesday, in Abuja. She said a joint team of operatives from the Command and Operation Puff Adder, in respons...