Eighty-four kidnapped Islamiyya school children and other individuals, in Mahuta, Dandume Local Government Area of Katsina State have been rescued from the hands of Bandits following a distress call received on by the Police.
The victims were attacked on their way back from Maulud occasion celebrated at Unguwan Alkasim village.
The State’s Police Spokesman SP Gambo Isah said the students were accosted by bandits who had already kidnapped four (4) persons and rustled twelve (12) cows from Danbaure village in Funtua LGA of the state trying to escape into the forest.
On receipt of the report, he said, the DPO led Operations “Puff Adder,” Sharan Daji and vigilante group to the area and engaged the bandits into a fierce gun duel before the bandits were overpowered and all 84 victims rescued and all the twelve rustled cows recovered.
Search parties are still combing the area with a view to arresting the injured bandits and recovering their dead bodies. Investigation is ongoing,” Isah noted.
