Police operatives in Dandume Local Government of Katsina State has eliminated one suspected bandit and recovered a General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) during a kidnap attempt in Dandume in community.
A statement from the Katsina State Police Command signed by Abubakar Sadiq Aliyu, the ommand’s spokesperson, said the operatives effectively thwarted the kidnapping attempt.
He explained that the Dandume divisional police headquarters received a report regarding the movement of suspected armed bandits, armed with dangerous weapons, heading towards the Dandume local government area
“Upon receipt of the report, promptly, DPO Dandume mobilized men of both Operation Sharan Daji and Restore Peace and responded to the scene. The team engaged the suspected bandits in a fierce gun duel and succeeded in repelling the attack.
“In the course of scanning the scene, the body of one suspected bandit as well as one general-purpose machine gun with 27 rounds of 94.5mm live ammunition were recovered,”
The Commissioner of Police Aliyu Abubakar Musa, in expressing commendation for the officers, urged the people of the state to promptly report suspected criminal activities, enabling swift action by the command and other security agencies
