Katsina Police Kill Five Bandits, Repel Attack on Katsina Villages

By Francis Sardauna

The Katsina State Police Command yesterday said its operatives repelled bandits’ attacks on Wurma and Yarbudu villages in Kurfi Local Government Area of the state, and killed five of the bandits.

The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Gambo Isah, in a statement made available to journalists, said over 150 bandits riding on motorcycles invaded the villages last Wednesday at about 5:30p.m.

Isah, a superintendent of police, in the statement, said: “On June 2, 2021, at about 17:30hrs, bandits numbering over 150 on motorbikes, armed with AK 47 rifles, attacked Wurma and Yarbudu villages in Kurfi LGA.

“A team of Police Mobile Force (PMF) personnel stationed at Wurma village engaged the hoodlums in a fierce gun battle and repelled their attack. One was neutralised and many escaped with gunshots wounds. One operational motorcycle of the bandits was also captured.”

According to him, a team of policemen led by the Area Commander of Dutsinma blocked the escape route of the bandits at Yarbudu village and engaged them in a gun duel.

Isah added: “The doggedness, uncommon courage and tactical operational strategy adopted by the police officers made the bandits to flee into the forest with varying degrees of bullets wounds. In the course of profiling the scene, four bandits were neutralised and five of their motorcycles were also captured.”