The spokesman for the Katsina State Police Command, SP Gambo Isah, on Saturday evening confirmed the arrest of a middle-aged man in connection with the Friday bandits’ attacks on two Katsina villages
where thirty people were officially confirmed killed and several houses and animals burnt.
Isah said, “Yes, we arrested a middle-aged man this morning. The man came to Katsina with stolen items from the areas where the bandits operated on Friday looking for buyers for the items. He was subsequently arrested and he is currently being interrogated. The Katsina Police Commissioner, Sanusi Buba, had after visiting the two villages on Saturday, said security operatives were already after the bandits.reports that suspected bandits had on Friday evening killed no fewer than thirty people in Tsauwa and Dankar villages in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State.
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