Not fewer than 12 suspected kidnappers and bandits have been neutralized by security Operatives during a raid in Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
This was made know by Bauchi State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Ahmad Wakil, in a statement on Monday
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He said that a joint operation of security operatives engaged the suspects in four hideouts at Mansur, Digare, Gwana and Dajin Madam in Alkaleri Forest.
According to him: “Following the hot exchange, the superior firepower by the operatives left 12 of the kidnappers neutralised while others subdued and dislodged, scampered in disarray into nearby bushes with possible gunshot wounds and abandoned their camps.”
He further stated that weapons and operational motorcycles were recovered during the operation.
Wakil added that the command had intensified patrols to arrest the fleeing members of the syndicate.
