The Katsina Police Command has arrested a 13-year-old boy for killing two bandits in the forest.
According to Gambo Isah, spokesman for the Katsina police command, Abdulkarim Mati was an errand boy for bandit chief Ardo Nashaware, who lives in Birnin Magaji forest in Zamfara State.
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Also stressed that Mati fled the forest where he he was said to have killed the bandits. But police officers arrested him where he was hiding.
The police spokesman said that the minor claimed that robbers kidnapped him from his parents.
They thereafter trained him on how to use AK-47 weapons and be on guard for abducted victims.
“The boy, who demonstrated skills in handling AK-47, also confessed to have been bullied by some elderly bandits, who provoked him, and as a result, picked an AK-47 rifle and shot dead two of the elderly bandits,” Isah said.
Meanwhile, the command has arrested two suspected bandits said to be terrorising the Batsari Local Government Area of the state.
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The men Ibrahim Lawal, 45, of Kabobi village; and Mamman Shu’aibu, 39, of Garin Runji Fulani settlement, in the Batsari Local Government Area were arrested on Wednesday.
Lawan and Shu’aibu were described as notorious bandits cattle rustlers and members of a syndicate that kidnaps for ransom in the council and nearby communities.
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