BAUCHI State Police Command has in its efforts to stem the menace of banditry in the state, succeeded in neutralizing 12 bandits/kidnappers including their kingpin, Madaki Mansur who has been terrorizing Alkaleri Local Government Area of the state and its neighbouring states of Gombe, Taraba and Plateau States.
The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Mohammed Wakil through a press statement in Bauchi said, “On the 19th of December 2022 at about 0230hrs, a joint operation of security operatives engaged suspected bandits/kidnappers in 4 different hideouts: Mansur, Digare, Gwana and Dajin Madam in Alkaleri forest”.
According to SP Wakil, “as a result of hot exchange of superior fire-power by the Bauchi Police Command operatives, it left twelve (12) of the kidnappers neutralized while others were subdued, dislodged, and scampered in disarray into the nearby bushes with possible gunshot wounds and abandoned their camp”.
He explained that consequent upon the encounter, weapons and operational motorcycles were recovered during the operation. The PPRO said that the Command is intensifying efforts to apprehend the fleeing members of the syndicate by the grace of God.
