Bandits, early Saturday morning, murdered the village head of Mazoji, Matazu Local Government Area of Katsina State, Alhaji Dikko Usman.
that the government was doing everything possible to tackle the problem of banditry in the state.
Eyewitnesses said the bandits stormed Mazoji village in large numbers on motorcycles, armed with weapons late Friday night, and operated till early Saturday morning when the village head was killed.It was also learnt that the bandits rustled animals. Katsina said, “The incident is rather unfortunate. We are doing everything possible in conjunction with security operatives to tackle the problem of banditry and other crimes in the state and very soon the problem of banditry will be a thing of the past in the state.
“People should not panic. Instead, they should give us credible information about the bandits especially their movements so that we can jointly tackle them. I repeat, very soon, banditry will end in the state, Insha Allah.” The spokesman for the Katsina police command, SP Gambo Isah, was yet to respond to the message sent to him about the incident after several unresponded calls to his phone.
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