{"id":146722,"date":"2025-01-19T11:27:34","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T10:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/security-operatives-neutralise-7-bandits-recover-109-animals-in-katsina"},"modified":"2025-01-24T19:58:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T18:58:53","slug":"security-operatives-neutralise-7-bandits-recover-109-animals-in-katsina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/security-operatives-neutralise-7-bandits-recover-109-animals-in-katsina","title":{"rendered":"Security operatives neutralise 7 bandits, recover 109 animals in Katsina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Joint security personnel in Katsina State on Saturday thwarted a bandits\u2019 attack on Ruwan-Doruwa village, Dutsin-Ma Local Government Area of the state and neutralised seven suspected bandits.<\/p>\n<p>The State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abubakar Aliyu, made the disclosure in a statement in Katsina, saying that the patrol team stormed the village after receiving a distress call.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn January 18, at about 9 a.m., a distress call was received at the Dutsin-Ma Divisional Police Headquarters that some suspected armed bandits, armed with dangerous weapons such as AK-47 rifles, attacked Ruwan-Doruwa village.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUpon receipt of the report, the DPO, swiftly in collaboration with the military, DSS, members of the Katsina Security Community Watch Corps, and the vigilante, mobilised and responded to the scene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUpon arrival, the team engaged the bandits in a fierce gun battle, which resulted in neutralising seven suspected bandits, while the remaining fled with various degrees of injuries and abandoned all the suspected rustled animals,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the animals recovered consisted of 61 cows, 44 sheep, two donkeys, one goat, and a dog.<\/p>\n<p>The PPRO said that the Commissioner of Police, Mr Aliyu Abubakar-Musa, commended the exceptional display of gallantry, acts of valour, and professionalism of the operatives.<\/p>\n<p>He also emphasised the commitment of the command towards ensuring the safety and security of members of the public.<\/p>\n<p>The CP further urged the public to continue to support the security operatives by providing timely and useful information that would help in the ongoing fight against all forms of crime and criminality in the state.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Joint security personnel in Katsina State on Saturday thwarted a bandits\u2019 attack on Ruwan-Doruwa village, Dutsin-Ma Local Government Area of the state and neutralised seven suspected bandits. The State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abubakar Aliyu, made the disclosure in a statement in Katsina, saying that the patrol team stormed the village [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":146721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[591,225,254],"class_list":["post-146722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-bandits","tag-katsina","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Security operatives neutralise 7 bandits, recover 109 animals in Katsina - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Joint security personnel in Katsina State on Saturday thwarted a bandits\u2019 attack on Ruwan-Doruwa village, Dutsin-Ma Loca ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/security-operatives-neutralise-7-bandits-recover-109-animals-in-katsina\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Security operatives neutralise 7 bandits, recover 109 animals in Katsina\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Joint security personnel in Katsina State on Saturday thwarted a bandits\u2019 attack on Ruwan-Doruwa village, Dutsin-Ma Loca ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/security-operatives-neutralise-7-bandits-recover-109-animals-in-katsina\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-01-19T10:27:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-01-24T18:58:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/sm_1737274082.283114.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/security-operatives-neutralise-7-bandits-recover-109-animals-in-katsina#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/security-operatives-neutralise-7-bandits-recover-109-animals-in-katsina\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Security operatives neutralise 7 bandits, recover 109 animals in Katsina\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-19T10:27:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-24T18:58:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/security-operatives-neutralise-7-bandits-recover-109-animals-in-katsina\"},\"wordCount\":275,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/security-operatives-neutralise-7-bandits-recover-109-animals-in-katsina#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/sm_1737274082.283114.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"bandits\",\"Katsina\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/security-operatives-neutralise-7-bandits-recover-109-animals-in-katsina#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/security-operatives-neutralise-7-bandits-recover-109-animals-in-katsina\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/security-operatives-neutralise-7-bandits-recover-109-animals-in-katsina\",\"name\":\"Security operatives neutralise 7 bandits, recover 109 animals in Katsina - 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