Katsina: Police Stops Kidnap Attempt, Kill 3 Suspects

The Police Command in Katsina State claims to have stopped an attempted kidnapping along the Dutsinma-Kankara route, killing three suspects in the process

The command’s spokesperson, ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, verified this on Sunday in Katsina to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

“On Dec. 10, 2023, at about 4:30 p.m, based on credible information that some suspected armed robbers and kidnappers, wielding dangerous weapons such as AK-47 rifles, blocked the Dutsinma-Kankara highway in an attempt to kidnap unsuspecting members of the public.

“Upon receipt of the report, Area Commander Dutsinma, promptly mobilised a joint team of police operatives and members of the vigilante and responded to the scene.

“On reaching the scene, the suspected kidnappers opened fire on the operatives, to which the officers valiantly returned fire and succeeded in neutralising three members of the gang.

“While one Masa’udu Sani, a member of the vigilante, sustained a gunshot wound on his right hand,” the police spokesman said.

As the inquiry proceeded, Sadiq-Aliyu said, Sani was responding to treatment and efforts were being made to apprehend other individuals who ran away.

He claims that the state’s commissioner of police, Mr. Aliyu Abubakar-Musa, has praised the operatives for their bravery, professionalism, and teamwork.

He revealed that the commissioner had asked the officers to keep up the pace as well.

Abubakar-Musa also urged the state’s law-abiding populace to continue supplying vital and timely intelligence on illicit activity to the command and other security agencies.

 “So that swift and decisive action could be taken to stop any criminal activity in the state”

“And also to report to the nearest police station any person seen with suspicious injuries, as some of the bandits have escaped the scene with gunshot wounds,” Sadiq-Aliyu quoted the commissioner

NAN