A kidnap attempt by terrorists at Tani village, Bindawa LGA of the State has been foiled by Police Operatives in Katsina State.
Nigeriacrime.com also learned that the police operatives killed two terrorists and recovered one AK-47 and five rounds of 7.62mm rounds of live ammunition were also recovered by the police while scanning the scene of the incident.
The newly appointed Public Relations Officer of the Command, ASP Sadiq Abubakar disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.
According to Sadiq, the AK-47-wielding terrorists stormed the locality shooting sporadically. Then proceeded to the residence of one Yahaya Usman and inflicted a deep knife cut injury to his head while attempting to whisk him away.
Fortunately for Usman, the quick intervention of the Bindawa Divisional Police Officer and his team upon receipt of the report, saved him from his captives as they engaged the terrorists in a fierce gun duel, killing two of them.
The two suspects killed were identified as Sani Kokaya and Ummara, from Kaita LGA, Katsina State. Both of them have been on the police wanted list for suspected arms smuggling and acts of terrorism, ASP Sadiq said.
In a related development, Defence Headquarters (DHQ) Abuja, on Thursday said troops fighting insecurity in the country neutralised 58 terrorists/bandits in several operations in all the zones of the country in the last two weeks.
Troops also arrested d a total of 239 criminal elements including terrorists logistics suppliers in the North East, North West and North Central Zones as well as economic saboteurs in the Niger Delta, IPOB/ESN militants in the South East and smugglers in the South West.
Furthermore, troops took custody of 876 surrendered terrorists and their family members fleeing military bombardments n the North-East geo-political zone of Nigeria.
Director of Defence Media Operations, Major Gen Musa Danmadami who made this known also disclosed that troops fighting against oil theft discovered and destroyed 47 illegal refining sites, 250 storage tanks
Danmadami said the operations by troops were conducted in various identified terrorists hideouts, enclaves, camps, villages, forests and mountains of Konduga, Abadam, Guzamala, Ngala, Bama, Dikwa, Gubio, Damboa, Jere, Kukawa, Magumeri and Monguno Local Government Areas of Borno State in the northeast
A breakdown of terrorists neutralised showed that “In the North East, Troops neutralised 26 Boko Haram Terrorist/Islamic State of West Africa Province terrorists, including 1 suicide bomber, arrested 22 Terrorist logistics supplier, 2 Terrorist spies/informants, and captured 1 Boko Haram Terrorist fighter as well as apprehended 3 armed robbers and 52 suspected criminals.
Troops equally rescued 16 abducted civilians while a total of 876 Boko Haram/Islamic State of West Africa Province terrorists and members of the families comprising 89 adult males, 249 adult females and 538 children surrendered to troops at different locations within the theatre of operations.
In North Central zone, Troops neutralised 7 bandits, apprehended 35 suspected criminals and rescued 14 kidnapped civilians.