The incident occurred , after some suspected bandits, armed with dangerous weapons, shooting sporadically, attacked two commercial vehicles at Dan’arau village along Magama Jibia road in Jibia LGA, Kastina State, in an attempt to kidnap the occupants.

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In response, the Divisional Police Officer in charge of the Jibia, led a team of operatives to the scene and engaged the hoodlums in a fierce gun duel.

The Spokesman of the Katsina State Police Command, Abubakar Sadiq, in a statement said, the DPO-led team, successfully foiled the kidnapping attempt and rescued 14 victims.

Although efforts are ongoing to apprehend the fleeing suspects, the Commissioner of Police in the State, CP Aliyu Musa, urged members of the public with useful information on suspected criminal activities to promptly report to the nearest police station.

He further, commended the officers’ exceptional display of gallantry and dedication to duty, charging them to sustain the tempo.

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The military high command also stated that the strongholds of two notorious terrorist leaders — the Sadiku enclave at Tsora Hill in Safana Local Government Area, Katsina State; and the Yusuf Enclave in Yadi Forest, Giwa LG, Kaduna State, were destroyed.

In a statement by the Director of Media Operations, Edward Buba, the troops’ achievements were an indication that the military was steadily progressing towards the goal of destroying all criminal elements.

During the week, troops carried out surgical operations against two prominent terrorist commanders and decimated their strongholds. Namely, Sadiku enclave in Tsora Hill in Safana LGA of Katsina State and Alhaji Yusuf enclave in Yadi Forest in Giwa LGA of Kaduna State.”

He noted that during the operations against crude oil theft, products worth N795 million were recovered.

He said in the South-South, troops denied the oil theft of the estimated sum of N795,683,395.00 only. Furthermore, troops crippled crude oil theft activities at the following locations through air interdiction: Bugama, Idama, Cawtorne Channel and Krakrama, all in Rivers State. Troops also apprehended two female terrorist collaborators responsible for negotiations with relatives of victims for ransom, among others.

Buba, however, urged the citizens to support the troops to win the war against insecurity in the country.

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The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abubakar Sadiq at a briefing held at the command headquarters, said the informants’ action led to several attacks on villages and unsuspecting members of the public including cattle rustling and kidnapping among others in the state.

It was gathered that based on credible intelligence on their activities, the trio who hailed from Babbar Ruga village, Batagarawa Local Government Area of the state, were arrested for providing sensitive information to a suspected notorious terrorist leader, Mustafa Gambo, now at large.

During the course of interrogation, the suspects confessed to the crime and an investigation is ongoing according to Sadiq.

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