FIVE WOUNDED AS BANDITS ATTACK BORDER TOWN IN KATSINA
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At least five people were critically injured, and three more were kidnapped, as bandits stormed Magamar Jibia, a border town in Katsina’s Jibia Local Government Area.
The bandits were armed with modern weapons, including AK-47 rifles.
A member of the Jibia Security Committee told Channels Television in a phone call on Thursday that the bandits outnumbered the security officers stationed to oppose them.
He claimed that the hoodlums attacked the area on Wednesday night about 11:45 p.m., firing intermittently to scare the locals, the majority of whom were about to go to bed.
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He urged Jibia vigilante group leaders to always mobilise and patrol Kagadama, Magama, Kaga, Faru, Rijiyar Malamai, Mai Kwari, and Jibiyar Maje, including the Bayan Asibiti community.
He stressed that the general populace must stand firm against the bandits.
“The bandits were in large numbers, they attacked the Magama Area and shot three persons and kidnapped three persons as well.
“People should stop sleeping especially those around the Jibia to put eyes on the movement of the criminal elements for security personnel to know where and when to start.
Earlier on Wednesday morning, according to eyewitnesses, another bandit group attacked the Katsina-Jibia major road, where many bandits were reportedly neutralised after a clash with army personnel.
Eventually, the hoodlums’ AK-47 gun and motorcycle were recovered.
“Two soldiers were seriously injured in the operation”, the eyewitness said.
The Spokesman of the Katsina State Police Command, ASP Abubakar Sadiq, confirmed the attack on Thursday to our reporter.
He revealed that the police had earlier deployed a team of officers to the scene where they repelled the attack and rescued the three abducted persons unhurt.
“Those rescued were immediately rushed to hospital for treatment and the command is working hard to fish out the perpetrators of the dastardly act,” ASP Sadiq noted.
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