Bauchi: Police kill six suspected bandits

Recover rifles, ammunition ,cash

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Bauchi State police command has killed six suspected bandits in response to the brutal killing of eight people, including the traditional ruler of Kada and Gamji village in Ningi Local Government Area of the state in July.

This was disclosed by the Commissioner of Police, Auwal Musa Muhammad, at a press briefing on Wednesday, held at Ningi Area Command.

Muhammad said following the brutal killing of the eight, the command raised a team of detectives in conjunction with the quasi-security outfits of Ahmed Ali Kwara.

He said the joint team engaged the suspected bandits in a gun duel on December 26, 2023, at about 0403hrs leading to the killing of six of them.

The Commissioner of Police disclosed that two AK47 rifle, 55 live ammunition, four empty magazines, the sum of N4.5 million, one Golf 3 vehicle, seven new sim cards, six keypad phones were recovered from the bandits.

Muhammad said further that stolen items recovered from them include 11 Android phones, four keypad phones, 24 pieces of mobile battery and 190 pieces of recharge cards.

“Preliminary investigation revealed that the bandits within two weeks invaded three villages around Ningi, including Bukutumbe, Iyayi, Kayadda, and Gamji village, where they shot four people and killed one member of Vigilante at Bukutumbe, and proceeded to Kiyawa Local Government Area in Jigawa State where they kidnapped two wives of the Chairman Kiyawa LGA, Jigawa State,” he said.

“It’s worthy to note that the groundbreaking record of the Command would be attributed to the strategic review of the Command operations through a robust partnership with Ahmed Ali Kwara hunters group with headquarters in Azare town.

“May I intimate members of the public that the Command is ready to deploy both human and material assets available at its disposals to confront crime and criminality in the State, it is also pertinent to emphasize here that no form of crime will be ignored with the prior consent of the Command”