The police command in Katsina State has revealed that its operatives killed a notorious bandit during a gun battle in a forest in the state and rescued an 80-year-old woman from captivity.
The state’s police public relations officer, Gambo Isah, revealed this during a media briefing in Katsina on Thursday.
Gambo said the bandit, identified as Abdullahi Ummi, is 50 years old and is originally from Gullu, in Yankwashi local government area of Jigawa state.
The police said the bandit kidnapped the 80-year-old woman, Hassana Zubairu, from Sandamu local government area of Katsina state.
The bandit was said to have demanded a ransom of N500 million from the victim’s children.
Isah said, “Based on credible intelligence information, our men swung into action and trailed the criminal in the forest where luck ran out of him.
“While trying to escape in a motor cycle with the kidnapped old woman, our officers and men engaged the bandit in a gun battle where he was subsequently killed.”
Isah said the bandit kidnapped Zubairu from Sandamu local government area of Katsina state on June 29 and the rescue operation was carried out on July 15.
