From Yakubu Mustapha Minna
The Niger state police command has confirmed armed bandits attacked Galiwi village, via Sarkin-pawa Munya LGA and kidnapped some farmers, who were working on their farms numbering about thirteen, but they were repelled, and thirteen victims were rescued.
The Police tactical teams attached to Sarkin- Pawa Division were immediately mobilised to the area where the bandits were engaged in a fierce gun battle, according to a statement issued by the command Public Relations Officer, DSP Wasiu Abiodun.
Abiodun disclosed that as a result of the firing power of the tactical teams; the victims were abandoned by the hoodlums and they were immediately rescued unhurt as the bandits fled into the forest.
According to him, the victims were taken to a nearby hospital for medical attention and later reunited with their families.
The Statement added that the Commissioner of Police, Niger State Command CP Monday Bala Kuryas, wishes to reassure Nigerlites and members of the public that the Command will not rest on its oars until crime and criminality is eradicated or reduced to barest minimum in the state.
