Operatives of the Bauchi State Police have burst into suspected kidnappers’ enclaves and neutralised scores of them, with several others injured during a gun duel in Burra Forest, Ningi local government area of the State.
According to a press statement by the Command PPRO, SP Ahmed Wakili, on 02/9/2023 at about 1500 hrs, Police operatives in line with Operation Restore Peace (ORP), comprising Police, military, and other quasi-security outfits, particularly local hunters on a routine patrol, stormed into the kidnappers’ den located on top of the mountain situated at Shande village area of Kurmi, a village at the outskirts of Burra.
On sighting the team of combined operatives, the kidnappers started firing at the operatives; however, in response, the operatives repelled the kidnappers with superior firepower, which lasted for about 2 hours.