In the report gathered by Channels TV, according to the spokesman of the Kaduna State Police Command, Mohammed Jalige, the operatives acting on intelligence report saw the bandits who were in large numbers around Kurmin Kare village, a locality along Kaduna – Abuja highway of Chikun Local Government Area.
It was stated that he said the terrorists were on a heinous mission to an unidentified location, when operatives of the command led by the Divisional Police Officer, Kateri, immediately mobilized to the location and successfully repelled the bandits, forcing them to abort their criminal intent.
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It was gathered that the operation led to the recovery of an AK-47 rifle loaded with ten (10) rounds of live 7.62x39mm ammunition and also one hundred and eighty (180) rounds of live 7.92x57mm General-Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) ammunition which was later revealed by Jalige.
Though it was said that many of the bandits escaped with bullet wounds, the PPRO explains that effort is being intensified to locate the injured terrorists for possible arrest and prosecution.
Meanwhile, it has been gathered that the police authorities have urged all the adjoining communities to report any person with any suspicious injuries to the nearest security formation.