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Bandits Kill District Head, 4 Others In Zamfara

Zamfara State Police Command has confirmed the killing of District Head of Gada in Bungudu Local Government Area of the state

The state’s Commissioner of Police CP Ayuba Elkhana made this known at a press briefing held at the command headquarters in Gusau, the state capital.

Alhaji Umaru Bawan-Allah and four others were murdered by bandits when the assailants stormed the community in large numbers with motorcycles and also kidnapped some community members.

The joint tactical teams were able to disperse the hoodlums, rescued Ten kidnapped victims including a one year old baby

The command also arrested a notorious bandit, aged 20, named Sani Mati a.k.a Mai-Yanmata ,who is from Mayasa village in Zurmi and recovered his operational AK-47 rifle, double magazines with 3 rounds of live ammunition and one Boxer motorcycle.

The suspected bandit was arrested while trying to block the road and kidnap innocent commuters at Koliya village, he belongs to Turji’s camp but now operating under a notorious bandits’ kingpin Kachalla Sani Black who operates at Zurmi, Shinkafi and Birnin Magaji axis respectively.

The CP assured the public that normalcy had been restored in the locality and environs following a routine confidence building patrol

SANI HARUNA.