Troops kill 2 armed bandits, recover 1, 271 animals

Troops of 1 Division, Nigerian Army, have killed two armed bandits in Kaduna and Zamfara axis and arrested four suspects in connection with cattle rustling and impersonation.

The acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, in a statement on Monday said;

"The bandits were killed during operations by the troops to clear cattle rustlers and armed bandit camps. The troops recovered a revolver pistol and six locally fabricated 9mm rounds of ammunition from one of the dead bandits.""The troops in Zamfara cleared two armed bandits’ camps, recovered 209 cows, 1, 062 goats and sheep at Dumburum forest general area of Zurmi Local Government Area of the state. The suspects were arrested in Mararabar Jos, Igabi and Kubau Local Government Areas of Kaduna and along the road that linked Kaduna and Katsina States through Birnin Gwari-Funtua.""Two of the suspects had paraded themselves as members of a non-existent vigilante group harassing and extorting money from unsuspecting members. He gave their names as Hamza Hare and Sani Abdul-Aziz, adding that they posed as liaison officers to security officers duping people. The other suspect, a “notorious armed bandits’’ had terrorised the public, especially along the road that linked Kaduna and Katsina states through Birnin Gwari-Funtua.""The suspect, simply known as Mohammed and popularly called “Abedariwa’’ had confessed to the crime and gave graphic details of his deadly acts. Abedariwa promised to cooperate fully with the military to fish out other criminal elements in the society."

Source: Vanguard