Police take fight to bandits' enclave in Sokoto

The Sokoto State Police Command has rescued 2 kidnapped residents aft information operatives engaged suspected bandits successful a weapon conflict during an cognition successful Yabo Local Government Area.

The cognition took spot successful the aboriginal hours of Sunday, November 8, pursuing quality reports astir equipped criminals holding captives astatine Dan Tafki colony and adjacent hills other Binji Musa successful the area.

The cognition progressive officers from the 7 Police Mobile Force, Violent Crime Response Unit, Anti-Kidnapping Unit and Yabo Police Division.

The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ahmad Rufai, disclosed the improvement successful a connection issued connected Monday, explaining that the officers came nether dense gunfire soon aft arriving astatine the suspected hideout.

He said the speech of gunfire lasted respective hours earlier the information squad overpowered the suspected bandits done superior firepower and coordinated operations.

According to him, the attackers yet fled, abandoning their hideout and the radical they had kidnapped.

“Unable to withstand the sustained unit from the team, t...