Police foil bandit attack, recover 43 rustled sheep in Sokoto

The Sokoto State Police Command has reaffirmed its committedness to tackling banditry, saying transgression groups volition not beryllium allowed to run freely successful the authorities aft officers foiled an onslaught and recovered 43 rustled sheep successful Binji Local Government Area.

The operation, carried retired by officers from the Binji Police Division on Thursday night, followed an onslaught connected Anada Village by heavy equipped bandits who reportedly stormed the community, fired gunshots to scare residents and made distant with 43 sheep.

In a connection issued connected Friday, the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ahmad Rufa’i, said the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) successful Binji instantly mobilised tactical teams, including the Anti-Kidnapping Squad and the Viable Crime Response Unit (VCRU), aft receiving a distress call.

The constabulary teams blocked imaginable flight routes and pursued the attackers, starring to a weapon battle.

According to the statement, the bandits abandoned the stolen livestock and fled into a adjacent wood arsenic information operatives closed successful connected them.

The bid confirmed that all...