On 6th March, 2022 at about 1930hrs, a distress call was received that terrorists in their numbers, armed with AK 47 rifles were sighted on motorcycles, on a heinous mission to Barawa village, Batagarawa LGA of the state.
A combine team of Police and military were mobilized to the area, engaged the hoodlums into a fierce gun duel and successfully repelled them.
2. The Operational strategy and gallantry displayed by the combine teams, made the terrorists to abandoned their heinous mission and fled from the scene.
In the course of scanning the scene, five bandits’ operational motorcycles were recovered and burnt down by the team.
Subsequently, another bandits’ motorcycle was recovered by DPO Batagarawa abandoned in Barawa forest.
Though many bandits escaped the scene with gun shots wounds.
Members of the community are enjoined to report to the nearest security formation any person found with suspicious injury.
3. The Commissioner of Police, Katsina state Command, CP Idrisu Dauda Dabban, psc+, fdc, commended and appreciates the efforts of the personnel in repelling the terrorists.
He also urged members of the public to continue to cooperate with security agencies in the ongoing onslaught against terrorism in the state.
