By Uzair Adam Imam
Reports from Zamfara State indicate that the police in the state have arrested eight bandits’ informants, gun runners, cattle rustlers and suppliers of hard drugs and foodstuff.
The police operatives also repelled the terrorists’ attacks in Bukkuyum, Shinkafi and Tsafe Local Government Areas of the state.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Mohammed Shehu, disclosed this to journalists in Zamfara.
Zamfara State is one of the epicentres of banditry and kidnapping in northern Nigeria that suffers from several attacks, leading to the deaths and displacements of a number of its residents.
He said the operatives also recovered four sophisticated guns, one cutlass and a bunch of charms after exchanging gunfire with the terrorists, who were forced to retreat into the bush.
Following the distress calls by some community members, this resulted in repelling the terrorists’ planned attacks on some communities.
The suspects are under the state’s police custody, and a thorough investigation is currently taking place.