Two Bandits’ Informants Caught In Katsina

The Police Command in Katsina State arrested two suspects reportedly aiding and abetting banditry in the Jibia Local Government Area of the state.

Naija News reports that the Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, made this known in a statement issued in Katsina on Thursday, disclosing that rustled animals were recovered from the suspects.

Sadiq-Aliyu said the success was recorded in collaboration with the State’s Community Watch Corps (KSCWC) and hunters when the suspects were going to dispose of the animals at Magama market in Jibia local government.

He said the duo confessed to receiving the rustled animals from a notorious bandits’ leader called, Nura of Mazanya village in Jibia, now at large.

According to him, the suspects also confessed to having repeatedly received suspected rustled animals from the bandits’ kingpin and disposed of them.

He said, “On July 25, 2024, a team of police operatives attached to Jibia Divisional Police Headquarters, while on routine patrol in collaboration with the KSCWC and Hunters, successfully arrested two suspects, all from Zandam village, in Jibia LGA.

“The suspects were arrested along Magama cemetery in possession of two rams, one sheep, and a goat, suspected to have been rustled.”

Sadiq-Aliyu confirmed that efforts were being intensified to ensure the arrest of the fleeing suspect while the investigation continues.

He added that the success was achieved due to the sustained efforts of the command in the fight against armed banditry under the leadership of the Commissioner, Aliyu Abubakar-Musa.