The Kaduna Police Command reported that its agents had apprehended a 20-year-old bandit with two AK-47 rifles at the Galadimawa community in the state’s Giwa local government area.
According to a statement released on Saturday by the command’s spokesman, DSP Mohammed Jalige, “operatives, Operation Restore Peace” dislodged a known kidnapper’s den at Galadimawa forest after engaging the bandits in a fierce gun battle.”
He claimed that additional criminals fled into the forest while suffering various wounds.
He said one of the arrested suspects, a 20-year -old Yusuf Monore with two AK 47/49 rifles and five rounds of live 7.62 X 39mm ammunition as well as handsets was arrested and is presently undergoing thorough investigation.
However, the operatives are currently on the trail of the fleeing suspects.
The Kaduna State Commissioner of Police, Yekini Ayoku commended the gallantry exhibited by the Officers and assured of deepening the existing robust synergy and collaborative engagement between the security forces in the State.
The CP equally charged law-abiding citizens and residents of Kaduna State to always be vigilant and promptly report all suspicious characters to security agencies, while assuring them of the confidentiality of all sources of information.