In Katsina, bandits kill two police officers

Two Katsina State Police Command officers were slain by bandits in the Baure hamlet of the state’s Safana Local Government Area.

Sanusi Buba, the state Commissioner of Police, told journalists at the force headquarters in Katsina on Friday that the police officers were killed in a gunfight with the hooligans on Thursday.

According to him, the bandits killed ASP Yakubu Joshua of the 27 Police Mobile Force (PMF) Katsina and Sgt Zaharadeen Yuguda of the Safana Division in a crossfire at their enclave in the area (Baure).

According to Buba, the police squad commanded by Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Aminu Umar, Dutsinma Area Commander, was able to remove the hoodlums, killing two of them in the process and recovering one AK-47 weapon with 35 rounds of 7.62mm live ammunition, among other goods.

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“On November 18, 2021, at around 1700 hours, Area Commander, Dutsinma, ACP Aminu Umar, led a combined team of policemen and vigilante to bandits’ hideout at Baure village, Safana LGA of Katsina State, and engaged the bandits in a ferocious gun duel based on solid intelligence,” he added.

“The team was successful in dislodging the bandits, killing two notorious bandits and recovering one AK 47 weapon with 35 rounds of 7.62mm live ammo.”

“While searching the scene, two unregistered motorcycles, Kasea and Boxer, were discovered with vests of charms.”

“Unfortunately, two brave police officers — Asp Yakubu Joshua of the 27 Police Mobile Force (PMF) in Katsina and F/NO.264575 Sgt Zaharadeen Yuguda of the Safana Division – paid the ultimate price and killed in a crossfire.”

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Despite the event, he stated that police would stay “resolute and devoted in the ongoing war against stubborn bandits until they are apprehended and dealt with in accordance with the laws of the land.”

Meanwhile, the state chapter of the Coalition of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) has urged the state administration to end the state’s telecommunications blackout.

Residents in frontline local government districts would be able to report bandits’ attacks on their towns to security forces for assistance, according to the coalition’s Chairman, AbdurRahman Abdullahi, in a statement.

He stated that the government must analyze the success made during the Security Containment Order period and consider whether it should be reviewed and amended in order to achieve “better results.”

“There was no report of an attack throughout the state within the first two weeks of the Security Containment order,” he stated. However, banditry’s activities eventually reemerge, with more victims than before.

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“This indicates that the criminals have devised strategies to circumvent these restrictions and continue their malicious activities.” The majority of people blame the suspension of telecommunications services for the increase in occurrences of banditry in the affected LGAs.

“Bandits can now enter a town and conduct their business for hours without the intervention of security agents or vigilantes because they can’t be called for help.”