Police operatives in Zamfara said it had neutralized a bandit and arrested six suspects for alleged banditry, kidnapping and cattle rustling.
This is contained in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP. Muhammad Shehu on Thursday in Gusau.
Shehu also said that police operatives of the command repelled bandits attack and recovered two AK 47 Rifles, 104 rounds of live ammunition and two magazines and a bunch of charms.
“On Jan. 1, police tactical operatives while on confidence building patrol along Gusau-Magami-Dansadau road, received a distress call about plans by bandits to block the road and attack commuters and by extension some villages.
“The police operatives mobilised to the locations and engaged the bandits in a gun battle.
“One of the bandits was neutralised and the attack was repelled due to the superior fire power of the police operatives and they retreated to the forest with possible gunshot wounds”, he said.