KATSINA BANDITS: Four leaders denounces banditry, submit weapons
Faith Awa Maji, Katsina
KATSINA State Police Commissioner in Nigeria, CP Sanusi Buba said his men have in line with the Federal Government’s directive to all security agencies to clamp down on all marauding bandits in the forest, until either they are arrested, neutralized or surrender, four bandits leaders have unconditionally denounced banditry in the State.
He stated this on Thursday while briefing newsmen on the Command breakthrough in the onslaught against banditry, armed robbery, kidnapping and other forms of crimes and criminality in the State.
“The Katsina State Police Command in its resolute and unrelenting determination aimed at ending banditry and other heinous crimes, wishes to inform the public and indeed the good people of the state, that four (4) leaders of bandits, namely: Sale Turwa, Mani Turwa, Ado Sarki, Sani Mai-Daji, have decided unconditionally, on their own to come out from their hideouts in the forest, denounced banditry and surrendered the following arms and ammunition: two (2) General Purpose Machine guns, one (1) AK 49 assault rifle, twenty-three (23) AK-47 assault rifles, one hundred and nine (109) GPMG ammunition, ninety-four (94) 7.62 mm live ammunition of AK-47 rifle, forty-five (45) rustled cows”.
Sanusi Buba stressed that “It became absolutely imperative at this juncture, to warn other recalcitrant bandits, who refuse to surrender, that Nobody has monopoly of violence and that government is mightier than any person or group of persons. The Nigeria Police Force and indeed other sister security agencies will leave no stone unturned in isolating and dealing decisively with any individual or group of unrepentant bandits that refused to surrender and keep hibernating in the forest”.
He noted that the Command wished to assure the good people of Katsina State that banditry and other crimes will soon be a history as the Security Forces are on top of the situation.
“Members of the public are hereby enjoined to partner with the security agencies by providing useful information that will lead to the arrest of bandits and their collaborators, please”.
