Troops kill notorious Kebbi bandit Mai-Nasara, arrest 5 gang members

By Muhammad Lawal

Wanted Kebbi notorious bandit nicknamed Mai-Nasara has been killed while five members of his gang were also arrested by soldiers at Sangeko forest in the Southern part of the State.

The Kebbi State Government announced the arrest of the notorious bandits’ kingpin and arrest of his gang members in a statement by Alhaji Ahmed Idris, Chief Press Secretary to the State Governor in Birnin Kebbi on Tuesday.

According to the statement, Alhaji AbdulRahman Usman, Director, Security at the Cabinet Office, Birnin Kebbi revealed the killing of Mai-Nasara and the arrest of his gang members.

While applauding the gallant efforts of the security personnel in fighting crimes and criminalities in the state, especially in the southern part of Kebbi, Usman appealed to people to give the personnel all the necessary support and cooperation to succeed.

“Your support and cooperation is highly necessary for the security agencies to achieve the desired goal of flushing out criminals and restore peace and normalcy in our land.

“Security is supposed to be everybody’s business, therefore, people should endeavour to assist the security agencies in all ramification, especially with credible intelligence towards successful combats,” the director pleaded.

(NAN)