The Katsina State Police Command says operatives have killed a notorious bandit, Abdullahi Ummi, in a gun battle.
SP. Gambo Isa, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Command, disclosed this while briefing newsmen in Katsina on Thursday.
Gambo said that the bandit hailed from Gullu, a Hamlet in a forest in Yankwashi Local Government of Jigawa.
He said that the bandit, aged 50, kidnapped an 80-year-old woman, Hajiya Hassana Zubairu of Sandamu Local Government of Katsina State, and demanded a ransom of N500 million from her children.
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“Based on credible intelligence information, our men swung into action and trailed the criminal in the forest where luck ran out of him.
“While trying to escape in a motorcycle with the kidnapped old woman, our officers and men engaged the bandit in a gun battle where he was subsequently killed,” the PPRO said.
According to the PPRO, the old woman was kidnapped on June 29 and the Police rescued her on July 15.
