Percy Onyeka
The Bauchi State Police Command, in collaboration with hunters of Ahmed Ali Kwara, has neutralized six suspected bandits terrorizing communities in Ningi LGA of the state.
The Commissioner of Police Auwal Musa Muhammad, who disclosed this on Wednesday while briefing journalists in Ningi, said the operation was a response to the brutal killing of eight people, including the traditional ruler of Kada and Gamji village in the LGA in July.
CP Muhammad explained that following the brutal killing of the eight people, the command raised a team of detectives in conjunction with the quasi-security outfits of Ahmed Ali Kwara.
The police boss 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.
CP Muhammad noted that two AK47 rifles, 55 live ammunition, four empty magazines, the sum of N4.5 million, one Golf 3 vehicle, seven new SIM cards, and six keypad phones were recovered from the bandits.
The commissioner further revealed that stolen items recovered from them included 11 Android phones, four keypad phones, 24 pieces of mobile batteries and 190 pieces of recharge cards, adding that, “preliminary investigation revealed that the bandits, within two weeks, invaded four villages around Ningi, including Bukutumbe, Iyayi, Kayadda and Gamji, where they shot four people and killed one member of the vigilante at Bukutumbe.
“They proceeded to Kiyawa Local Government Area in Jigawa State where they kidnapped two wives of the Chairman Kiyawa LGA, Jigawa State.”
