By Micheal Chukwuebuka, Reporting
KATSINA State police operatives, during an intense gun duel with suspected kidnappers along Dutsinma-Kankara highway, thwarted a kidnap attempt, neutralizing three heavily armed suspects in the process.
Stonix News gathered that the gangs opened fire on the officers who then responded and in the process, killed three members of the gang.
The command’s spokesperson, ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, during a briefing with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Katsina on Sunday December 10, 2023, confirmed the attack:
“On December 10, 2023, at about 4:30pm, based on credible information that some suspected armed robbers and kidnappers, wielding dangerous weapons such as AK-47 rifles, blocked the Dutsinma-Kankara highway in an attempt to kidnap unsuspecting members of the public.
“Upon receipt of the report, Area Commander Dutsinma, promptly mobilized a joint team of police operatives and members of the vigilante and responded to the scene.
“On reaching the scene, the suspected kidnappers opened fire on the operatives, to which the officers valiantly returned fire and succeeded in neutralizing three members of the gang.
“While one Masa’udu Sani, a member of the vigilante, sustained a gunshot wound on his right hand.”
As of the time of filing this report, Stonix News can confirm that Sani was in a stable condition and responding to treatment.
Reacting to the operatives’ efforts, the state’s Commissioner of the Police, Mr Aliyu Abubakar-Musa, commended the operatives’ professionalism, bravery and synergy.
The spokesperson added that Abubakar-Musa urged the good citizens of the state to always be at alert and to keep providing the command and other security agencies with timely and crucial information on criminal activities.
Sadiq-Aliyu quoted the commissioner by adding:
“So that swift and decisive actions could be taken to stop any criminal activity in the state.
“And also to report to the nearest police station any person seen with suspicious injuries, as some of the bandits have escaped the scene with gunshot wounds.”
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