One vigilante, four bandits killed at Yankari game reserve

Member of a section vigilante group, Hambali Sa’adu, has been killed pursuing an ambush by suspected equipped bandits astatine the Yankari Game Reserve successful Bauchi State.

The incidental was disclosed by the Police Public Relations Officer, Nafiu Abubakar, successful a connection issued connected Tuesday.

According to the statement, the incidental occurred connected Sunday astatine astir 1:30pm on the Bakin Layi axis of the reserve, erstwhile a associated patrol squad comprising constabulary officers from the Mai-Ari Outpost and members of a section vigilante radical came nether dense gunfire from bandits who had laid an ambush.

During the attack, the deceased, a 27-year-old indigene of Mai-Ari Village successful Maimadi Ward, sustained fatal gunshot wounds. He was aboriginal confirmed dormant by a aesculapian doctor, and his remains were buried successful accordance with Islamic rites.

The constabulary said the information squad regrouped aft the archetypal battle and launched a counterattack against the assailants.

“In a amusement of courage, the associated information squad pursued the fleeing bandits and engaged them successful a fierce weapon battle. The superior firepower and tactical effect forced the bandits ...