SCORES NEUTRALIZED AS JOINT SECURITY FORCES DISLODGE BANDITS HIDEOUT IN DAJIN MADAM AND YANKARI FOREST
In an ongoing effort to stem the kidnapping activities in Bauchi state, the operatives of the Command conducted another Joint Operation (JTF) in Alkaleri LGA of Bauchi on the eve of the new year.
The Police operatives in conjunction with other sister security agencies strike the kidnappers/bandits’ hideouts at Dajin Madam and Yankari’s thick forests. During the daring operation, several bandits were neutralized and dislodged from their enclaves, while the remaining sprinted in disarray into the deep forest with possible bullet wounds.
The troops further sustain patrol and clearance operations around the thick forests to arrest the fleeing suspects, two (2) Ak47 rifles were recovered by the operatives.
Similarly,two suspects were also arrested on December 27, 2022, at about 1600hrs by the Operatives following credible intelligence.
The suspect Adamu Mohammed ‘m’ 33yrs was arrested alongside his accomplice Datti Alh. Bulama (AKA Dattuwa) 35yrs all ‘m’ of maimadi ward via Pali district.
Information available revealed that the principal suspect (Adamu Muhammad) confessed to having participated in kidnapping activities in Kaltanga village where they kidnapped four (4) people and camped them at Yankari Forest for about five (5) days until the sum of twenty million nairas (20,000.000) was paid as ransom. Out of which, the sum of thirty thousand nairas (30,000) was given to him as his share of the proceed of the crime.
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