Police kill bandits, kidnappers in gun battle in Bauchi
Suspected bandits and kidnappers have been reportedly killed in a fierce gun battle with the Nigeria Police Force in collaboration with during a launched attack at their enclaves at Dajin Madam and at the popular Yankari Game Reserve’s forest in Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State, while many others escaped with gunshot wounds in the operation that took place on December 31st, 2022.
This is happening barely days after a similar operation by a joint team of security agents at four different hideouts of Mansur, Digare, Gwana and Dajin Madam in Alkaleri forest, where no fewer than 12 notorious bandits and kidnappers including their kingpin, Madaki Mansur, notorious for terrorising Alkaleri LGA, Taraba, Plateau and Gombe States, were killed.
The operation which took place on the 19th December 2022 at about 2.30am, led to the recovery of weapons and operational motorcycles belonging to the bandits and kidnappers.
The Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Police Command, Ahmed Wakil, in a media statement of the latest onslaught on the terrorists said that two AK-47 rifles were recovered from them.
Wakil, a Superintendent of Police, said, “In an ongoing effort to stem the kidnapping activities in the state, the Command conducted another Joint Operation in Alkaleri LGA of Bauchi on the eve of the new year.
“The Operatives attached to the Command in conjunction with other sister security agencies strike kidnappers/bandits’ hideouts at Dajin Madam and Yankari’s thick forests.
“During the daring operation, several bandits were neutralized and dislodged from their enclaves, while the remaining sprinted in disarray into the deep forest with possible bullet wounds.
