▪︎ Bandits suffer heavy casualties; IGP commends officers for gallantry
The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Abubakar Adamu has commended the police officers attached to Police Mobile Force – 9 PMF Squadron, Kano, for displaying uncommon gallantry and repelling the attack on their convoy by bandits numbering about hundred along the Birnin-Gwari Funtua Highway on Friday (15th January, 2021) on their way back to their base in Kano after the completion of their special duty.
According to Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja, CP Frank Mba, the officers were personnel attached to “Operation Puff Adder” and deployed in Niger State in the sustained operation to reclaim public space and stem incidences of banditry, kidnapping and other violent crimes in the area.
Mba said contrary to unconfirmed reports in some sections of the media, stating that 18 officers were kidnapped, 16 officers were attacked in the ambush.
He said the officers successfully repelled the attack accordingly and neutralized the bandits in their tens while many of the bandits scampered into the bush with gun shot injuries.
Mba further disclosed that four of the officers paid the supreme price during the exchange of gun fire between the Police and the bandits while an officer was still missing.
He said the remaining 11 officers led by their Unit Commander successfully recovered the bodies and firearms of their fallen colleagues while concerted efforts were being intensified to rescue the officer still missing.
The IGP, while commiserating with the families of the officers who have yet again paid the supreme price in the service of the nation, assured their family and colleagues in the Force that their death would not be in vain.
The IGP assured the citizens that the Force was not deterred and would not relent in its commitment to deliver on its mandate and ensure that all activities of bandits and other unscrupulous elements in the area and other parts of the country were brought under check.
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