Operatives of the Zamfara State Police Command, in Tsafe area of the state, have repelled some bandits determined to dispossess commuters of their valuables at Gidan Giye village along the Tsafe – Funtua Road, after fierce gun duel.
In the end, several of the bandits sustained varying degrees of gun wounds while about 14 of their operational motorcycles and other bags containing their clothes and Military Camouflage uniforms were recovered.
A statement which quoted Mr. Abutu Yaro, Commissioner of Police in Zamfara State said, “On 2nd February, 2021 at about 2230 hours, a distress call was received by the DPO Tsafe Division that, Armed Bandits numbering about 100 blocked the Tsafe – Funtua Road with intent to rob innocent commuters.
“On receipt of the report, the DPO mobilised a combined team of Special Forces and Conventional Policemen to the scene.
“After serious gun duel with the bandits, they fled to the bush with possible gun wounds and left their 14 operational motorcycles and other bags containing their clothes and Military Camouflage uniforms.
“The case is being investigated at the State CID. Effort to arrest the fleeing suspects is being intensified.”