By Suleiman Anyalewechi
The Katsina State Police Command on Sunday March 16, 2025, announced the killing of one insurgent and the abortion of a deadly bandit attack on Dan Takuri Community in Danmusa Local Council of the State.
A statement from the State Police Command’s spokesperson, Abubakar Sadiq DSP, informed that the banditry attack was foiled by a combined team of operatives from the Police, Department of State Services, DSS, and the Katsina State community Watch Corps on Saturday March 15,
The bandits had targeted residents of Dan Takuri in Danmusa for a massive onslaught after amassing at Maijele Mountain, but for the timely intervention of Security personnel, the Police statement noted.
The operation, the Police statement noted, was driven by the availability of credible intelligence.
“On the 15th of March, 2025 at about 12:30hrs, based on credible intelligence received from the operatives of Department of State Services in Danmusa that bandits in their numbers were assembling at Maijele Mountain of Danmusa LGA in a bid to launch an attack on Dan Takuri village of Danmusa LGA Katsina, we took note.
“Upon receipt of the information, promptly, a joint team of Police Operatives and members of the KSCWC led by the DPO, Danmusa, stormed the Mountain where the suspected bandits were assembling.
A fierce gun duel ensued, resulting in the neutralization of one of the bandits due to superior tactics and firepower of the operatives as several others escaped with varying degrees of injuries.
“While scanning the scene, items were recovered, included one AK-47 rifle with three rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, one unregistered red Boxer motorcycle, 50 wraps of suspected Indian hemp, 32 bottles of soft drinks one cutlass and dangerous drugs.
“The Commissioner of Police, Katsina Command Aliyu Abubakar Musa ,while commending the operatives for their professionalism and exceptional act of valour, reiterated the Command’s commitment towards collaborating with sister security agencies in ensuring the protection of lives and properties of the good people of Katsina” part of the police statement reads.
The Source reports that Danmusa Local Council remains one of the operational fortresses of bandits in the State.
Katsina state itself is regarded as one of the epicentres of banditry and other related criminal activities within the North West region of Nigeria.
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