A statement by police spokesman Assistant Abubakar-Sadiq Aliyu, names the suspects as 20-year-old Sa’idu Sule and 26-year-old Sani Beti who were arrested after a report was received that terrorists, armed with AK 47 rifles, were shooting sporadically at the residence of one Mu’azu of Arawa village of Dandume Local Government Area, in an attempt to kidnap him.
Upon receipt of the report, operatives attached to Dandume divisional headquarters responded, where they engaged the suspected terrorists in a fierce gun duel.
During the engagement, Aliyu said the police successfully foiled the kidnapping attempt and rescued and in the course of scanning the scene, two suspects were arrested, and an Ak-47 rifle was recovered from them
Similarly on June 3 the police after receiving a distress call that terrorists armed with AK-47 rifles, blocked the Kankara-Sheme road and kidnapped 4 persons dispatched a team of operatives to the scene, who engaged the gunmen in battle and successfully repelled their attack.
One AK-47 rifle with five rounds of 7.62mm ammunition were recovered, the abducted persons rescued unharmed and the gunmen arrested
(Editor: Oloyede Oworu)
