Police in Niger State Arrest Village Head, Others For Banditry

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The Niger State Police Command has arrested the village head of Tungan-Iliya and 10 other persons over alleged banditry in Mashegu Local Government Area of the state.

Police spokesman in the state, ASP Wasiu Abiodun, said in a statement on Sunday in Minna that following intelligence report received on Dec. 25, a police team went on a clearance operation of suspected bandits’ hideouts in Tunga-iliya forest.

The team engaged the suspected bandits in a gun duel and arrested eleven of them while five others were fatally wounded.

Among the suspects arrested were the village head of Tunga-iliya and one Summaya Bello who harbours and gives information to bandits,’’ he stated.

NAN

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