According to the Bauchi State Police Command, 12 robbers and kidnappers, including their leader Madaki Mansur, have been “neutralized.”
According to the authorities, Mansur is well known for terrorising the Alkaleri Local Government Area and other nearby states of Taraba, Plateau, and Gombe.
In a statement on Monday, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, confirmed this.
Wakil said that on December 19, 2022, at around 02:30 a.m., a coordinated operation of security personnel engaged four distinct hiding places in the Alkaleri forest: Mansur, Digare, Gwana, and Dajin Madam.
Twelve of the kidnappers were neutralised, according to the police spokesman, while the other kidnappers were restrained, ejected, and fled their camp in disorder while suffering suspected gunshot wounds.
Weapons and functioning motorcycles were found during the operation, according to Wakil.
He added that the Command is stepping up its efforts to capture the syndicate members who are evading capture.
The statement read in full below:
IN A DARING JOINT OPERATION, THE COMMAND NEUTRALIZED 12 BANDITS/KIDNAPPERS INCLUDING THEIR KINGPIN ‘MADAKI MANSUR” WHO HAS BEEN TERRORIZING ALKALERI L.G.A BAUCHI, AND OTHER NEIGHBORING STATES OF TARABA, PLATEAU, AND GOMBE.
In our combined efforts to stem the menace of banditry in Bauchi State, especially in Alkaleri L.G.A., the command was at its best recently;
On the 19th December 2022 at about 0230hrs a Joint Operation of security operatives engaged suspected bandits/kidnappers in four different hideouts; Mansur, Digare, Gwana and Dajin Madam in Alkaleri forest. Following the hot exchange of superior fire-power by the operatives which left twelve (12) of the kidnappers neutralized while others were subdued, dislodged, and scampered in disarray into the nearby bushes with possible gunshot wounds and abandoned their Camp.
Consequently, weapons and operational motorcycles were recovered during the operation.
Meanwhile, the Command is intensifying efforts to apprehend the fleeing members of the syndicate.
SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, Anipr
Police Public Relations Officer,
For: Commissioner of Police,
Bauchi State Command.