Katsina police early Saturday morning engaged bandits in a gun battle at Kwantawama village in Dutsinma Local Government Area of Katsina State during which one Amadu Yusuf, said to be one of the bandi
ts was arrested.It was learnt that the bandits who were about forty, armed with AK 47 rifles, had stormed the village about 1 am and abducted the fourteen women.Sources said following the receipt of distressed calls from the village, the Divisional Police Officer for Dutsinma, CSP Muhammad Makama, led the ‘Operation Puff Adder’ team to the village where they engaged the bandits in a gun duel.
One 30-year-old Yusuf of Tudu village in the council was arrested in the process while the police team was also able to rescue all the fourteen victims and recover the rustled animals.
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