Police in collaboration with local vigilante group has neutralized ten armed bandits who have been terrorizing Zamfara State, Njenje Media News reports.
It was gathered that the bandits were neutralized when they attempted to invade Hayin Daudu village of Mada district in Gusau local government area of the state.
A press statement from the police says troops of the police Tactical operatives deployed to keep peace in the area received a distress call from the local vigilante group on the attack.
The statement adds that the Bandits stormed the area Monday night with the intention to attack the community, but the local vigilante group in collaboration with the police repelled the attack.
Spokesperson of the Zamfara State Police Command Shehu Mohammed noted that the armed bandits carrying sophisticated weapons were heavily engaged in a gun duel by the Police and vigilante operatives with many of the bandits were said to have escaped into the forest with possible gunshot wounds.
The police further say normalcy has been restored in the affected area with rigorous confidence-building patrol being intensified to forestall a further attack on innocent citizens.
The Command insists it will not relent in its continuous onslaught against the activities of recalcitrant bandits and other criminal elements in Zamfara State.
