Katsina: How Troops Rescue 84 Islamic Students, Recover 12 Cows From Bandits

The Katsina Police Command has revealed the rescue of 84 Islamic Students and recovery of 12 cows from bandits on Saturday, December 19, 2020.

The rescue was just a day after President Muhammadu Buhari received at the Katsina state government house over 333 students of Government Science Secondary School (GSSS) Kankara rescued from their abductors after spending barely week in captivity.

The Katsina Police Command Public Relation Officer, SP Gambo Isah, on behalf of the state Commissioner of Police in a statement narrated how the troupe battled the bandits.

According to him, “On 19/12/2020 at about 2200hrs, a distress call was received by DPO Dandume, that some Islamiyya Students of Hizburrahim Islamiyya, Mahuta village, Dandume LGA of Katsina state, numbering about Eighty (80), while on their way back from Maulud occasion celebrated at Unguwan Alkasim village, Dandume to Mahuta village, were accosted by bandits who had already kidnapped four(4) persons and rustled twelve (12) cows from Danbaure village, Funtua LGA, trying to escape into the forest.

“On receipt of the report, the DPO led Operations “Puff Adder, Sharan Daji and Vigilante group to the area and engaged the bandits into a fierce gun duel.

“Subsquently, the teams succeeded in dislodging the bandits and rescued all the eighty four (84) kidnapped victims and recovered all the twelve rustled cows.

“Search parties are still combing the area with a view of arresting the injured bandits and/or recovery of their dead bodies. Investigation is on going.”

SP GAMBO ISAH POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER, FOR: COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, KATSINA STATE COMMAND