According to the Kaduna State Police Command, its officers killed four bandits in a gunfight and detained a female guns and ammunition supplier in the state.
The success, according to the Command’s spokesperson, DSP Muhammed Jalige, was the result of a sustained onslaught against banditry and other criminal elements in the state by operatives of the Special Tactical Squad Force Headquarters, Abuja, in conjunction with Operation Yaki of the State Command on June 15, 2022, at around 0650hrs, while on the trail of suspected bandits intercepted their target along the Saminaka–Jos expressway.
He stated they were apprehended in a Sharon car, blue in colour, operated by James Dawi, 31, of Vom town in Plateau State’s Jos South LGA.
“Sensing an inescapable hazard presented on their approach to transfer some lethal weapons to their accomplices,” the suspected bandits “quickly engaged the operators in intermittent gunfire,” according to Jalige.
“However, the operators were able to terminally hurt four suspects with tactical precision.” The injured suspects were airlifted to Kaduna’s Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital, where a medical specialist pronounced them dead.
“The shootout lasted around 30 minutes, and the Police’s firepower led the robbers to flee into the forest with gunshot wounds.”
The following exhibits were discovered during a search of the car and the surrounding area: one AK49 rifle loaded with six rounds of live ammunition, one AK47 rifle, one empty magazine, 134 rounds of various calibres of live ammunition, and an operating motor vehicle.
“The operation resulted in the arrest of a female accomplice, who confessed to supplying arms and ammunition to bandits in Kaduna State during the course of investigation. Meanwhile, a discreet investigation into the case has been launched with the aim of unravelling the identities of other criminal gangs, as well as finding the source of these dangerous weapons, in order to prevent future occurrences and make the criminals face the full wrath of the law.”
“The Commissioner of Police for Kaduna Command, CP Yekinin A. Ayoku, has praised the well-executed intelligence-driven tactical operation that led to the breakthrough.”
“He promised the good people of Kaduna State that the Command will be uncompromising in the fight against the enemies of collective security under the command of the Inspector General of Police, with robust backing from the State Government and active coordination with other security agencies,” he said.
“The Commissioner also urged members of the public to continue to provide important information about all types of criminal activity to the police, saying that officers under his command would treat such information with promptitude and strict secrecy.”
