The Niger Police have shot and killed a bandit and recovered one AK-47 rifle from him in Tashan – Barau village of Rafi Local Government Area of the state. Mr. Adamu Usman, Commissioner of Police in the state stated.
Usman said that on March 30 at about 1525 hours, a team of Operation Puff-Adder 11, attached to the command acted on credible intelligence that a group of bandits on motorcycles was sighted heading toward Pangu-Gari in Rafi local government area.
He said that the team mobilized to the location and engaged the bandits in a fierce gun battle at Tashan-Barau village, along Tegina/Minna road.
The commissioner said the corpse of the criminal had been deposited at a hospital mortuary.
He assured members of the public that the command would continue the onslaught against bandits and called on the residents to always give useful and timely information to security agencies.
