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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 vigilance groups. SP Isah said the operatives recovered a magazine of 30 rounds of 7.62mm live ammunition f...

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 was arrested in Kamarawa village of Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The commissioner said t...

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 attacks by suspected kidnappers in the wee hours of Tuesday, April 13, 2021 along Dankusa, Angwan-Zegel...

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 repelled multiple attacks by the suspected kidnappers in the wee hours of Tuesday along Dankusa, Angwan...

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 response to a distress call, had engaged the heavily armed hoodlums in a fierce gun battle. Yusuf said the ...