A notorious armed robber, Sani Abdullahi has been killed during a bloody gun battle with policemen in Zamfara State.
Abdullahi was confirmed dead by the State’s Police Commissioner, Shaba Alkal in Gusau.
The police commissioner explained that the suspect died during a gun battle when a group of bandits attacked Yartukunya village in Bungudu Local Government Area of the state.
According to him, “We also recovered one AK 47 rifle from the deceased suspect.”
Alkali further disclosed that the command had also arrested nine illegal miners in Gemawa village of Talata-Mafara local government area of the state.
He added, “We had also recovered exhibits from the suspects such as the cash of N90,000 given to our policemen as bribe, mining materials such as mining detectors, diggers, shovels and head pans.”
He called on residents of the state to stay away from every unlawful activities, especially mining as it had security and public health implications
Alkali said the team of detectives of the command’s Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (CIID) also arrested four suspected criminals in Gusau metropolis.
“During our investigation, we discovered 84 handsets of different types, SIM and memory cards and cash of N111,420.
“On 29 April 2017, we arrested a student of Abdu-Gusau Polytechnic, Talata-Mafara connected with the killing of another student, Imrana Nasiru,” he said.
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